39 Collaborative Seismology in the Caribbean and Central America

Thursday, 21 March 2013
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Salón Tropical

Presentations

• 3:05 PM
  PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION RESPONSE OF THREE MODERATE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES AND THEIR IMPLICATION TO LOCAL SITE EFFECTS IN THE PUERTO RICO ISLAND
  Carlos I. Huerta-Lopez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR and Jose A. Martínez-Cruzado, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR and Fabio M. Upegui-Botero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR and Luis E. Suarez-Colche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR
  215170 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  PASSIVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE CARIBBEAN USING SURFACE WAVES EXTRACTED FROM AMBIENT NOISE
  Francisco J. Hernandez Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR
  216663 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  INTERMEDIATE EARTHQUAKE SWARMS AS INDICATORS FOR SLAB TEAR
  Hallie E. Meighan, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Jay Pulliam, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Uri ten Brink, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Alberto López, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayagüez, PR
  216635 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  SEISMIC AND TSUNAMI MONITORING AND DATA SHARING IN THE CARIBBEAN
  Victor Huérfano, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayagüez, PR and Alberto Manuel Lopez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR
  216163 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  STRAIN PARTITIONING AT THE NORTH AMERICAN-CARIBBEAN PLATE BOUNDARY AS REVEALED BY AN EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE IN THE NORTHERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Jay Pulliam, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Victor Huérfano-Moreno, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayagüez, PR and Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR and Denisse Ocasio, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR and Juan Payero, Universidad Autónoma Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, N/A and Rafael Pujols, Universidad Autónoma Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, N/A
  216355 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR SEISMIC SITE CHARACTERIZATION: A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BY THE “MIDDLE AMERICA” SEISMOLOGICAL COMMUNITY
  Jay Pulliam, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Victor Huérfano-Moreno, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayagüez, PR and John Louie, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Morgan P. Moschetti, US Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Michael Schmitz, FUNVISIS, Caracas 1070, N/A and Lyndon Brown, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Mona, N/A and Carlos Valdés Gonzalez, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, N/A and Walter Salazar, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, N/A and Eugenio Polanco, Universidad Autónoma Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, N/A and Marino Protti, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, N/A
  216445 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION: A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF THE PUERTO RICO SEISMIC NETWORK TSUNAMI RESPONSE PROCESS
  Lillian Soto-Cordero, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR and Víctor Huérfano-Moreno, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR and Benjamin Colón, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR and Javier Charón, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR
  215975 (Theme Sessions)