CRESCENT is pleased to share a new set of open-source tools for building realistic 3D fault surfaces directly in QGIS (a free, cross-platform GIS application). These tools are designed to help researchers create non-planar, data-constrained fault geometries from standard geologic and geophysical inputs, including geologic maps, balanced cross-sections, seismic images, and earthquake hypocenters.
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Here’s where you can find us at this year’s American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
We’re thrilled to share that a team led by Stefan Henneking and Omar Ghattas at UT Austin has been awarded the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for their work on real-time tsunami forecasting in Cascadia. The author team also includes CRESCENT senior personnel Alice-Agnes Gabriel, from UC San Diego, who leads our Dynamic Rupture, Earthquake Cycles, and Tsunamis (DET) working group and showcased this work at our annual meeting in Seattle last month.
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Read about: recent CRESCENT meetings, USGS Coorperative Agreement projects, a new megathrust fault interface geometry study, Seed Grant program research reports, geoscience education twinning program updates, Partnerships & Applications workshop outcomes, 2025-26 Cascadia Lifelines Program Webinar series, new publications, upcoming events, AGU session listings… and more in the latest edition of “Seismic Moment” – CRESCENT’s Quarterly Newsletter.
November 2025 Newsletter Read More »
From Curiosity to Contribution: Students Thrive in CRESCENT’s Year-Long Geoscience Mentorship Program
2025 Twinning Story Read More »
The CRESCENT Annual Meeting will:
1) Showcase advances in subduction zone science;
2) Provide an update across CRESCENT activities on progress and next steps; and
3) Foster connections between collaborators.
October 2025 CRESCENT Annual Meeting Read More »
In an effort to coordinate future offshore science in Cascadia, we are designing the Offshore Observations workshop to bring together geoscientists across a variety of disciplines that use offshore datasets to study subduction zones. The workshop will comprise a series of short talk sessions followed by breakout groups. Session topics include fluid pathways and hydrology of subduction zones, constraints on megathrust locking state and shallow slow slip, accretionary wedge deformation, structure of the incoming plate, and future plans for ocean drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and cabled infrastructure.
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October 16 is ShakeOut – the world’s largest earthquake drill! CRESCENT is partnering with University of Oregon Safety and Risk Services, the Oregon Hazards Lab, and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to host a series of events during ShakeOut week.
2025 Great Oregon ShakeOut Read More »
Coordinated in collaboration with CRESCENT, the CLiP Webinar Series showcases advances in seismic hazard assessment, infrastructure design, and earthquake resilience initiatives. These monthly webinars are free to the community and will be of particular interest to practicing engineers, industrial scientists, and policy makers.
CLiP Webinar Series 2025-26 Read More »
Learn about the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Twinning interns and their projects!
2025 Twinning Participants Read More »