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Final Technical Report United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program - External Research Grants Award Number 08HQGR0140 Third Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area: Science, Hazard, Engineering and Risk Conference Dates: October 22nd-26th, 2008 Location: California State University, East Bay Principal Investigator: Mitchell S. Craig Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences California State University, East Bay Submitted March 2010 Summary The Third Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area was held October 22nd-26th, 2008 at California State University, East Bay. The conference included three days of technical presentations attended by over 200 participants, a public forum, two days of field trips, and a one-day teacher training workshop. Over 100 technical presentations were given, including oral and poster presentations. A printed volume containing the conference program and abstracts of presentations (attached) was provided to attendees. Participants included research scientists, consultants, emergency response personnel, and lifeline agency engineers. The conference provided a rare opportunity for professionals from a wide variety of disciplines to meet and discuss common strategies to address region-specific seismic hazards. The conference provided participants with a comprehensive overview of the vast amount of new research that has been conducted and new methods that have been employed in the study of East Bay earthquake hazards since the last East Bay Earthquake Conference was held in 1992. Topics of presentations included seismic and geodetic monitoring of faults, trench-based fault studies, probabilistic seismic risk analysis, earthquake hazard mapping, and models of earthquake rupture, seismic wave propagation, and ground shaking. Updated estimates of economic losses due to a major earthquake in the East Bay were presented. Engineering studies included examples of seismic design and retrofit of buildings, pipelines, and public transit facilities. The vulnerability of water infrastructure in the Sacramento Delta to seismic shaking was discussed. A public forum was held one evening of the conference to provide information to the general public in an accessible form. Numerous public agencies staffed information tables and provided information and educational materials on earthquake preparedness. Representatives from news i media, including a local television station, attended a press conference and portions of the technical sessions. The conference was coordinated with numerous other local activities held over a period of several months to raise public awareness of the 140th anniversary of the 1868 earthquake on the Hayward fault, and the high probability of another major earthquake on the fault in the near future. Field trips were conducted during the weekend following the conference to 1) the northern Hayward fault, 2) the southern Hayward fault, and 3) the stepover between the Hayward and Calaveras faults. A total of 44 people attended field trips. A one-day teacher training workshop on earthquake hazards held after the conference was attended by 19 teachers from local public schools. The workshop included lectures and demonstrations in the morning, and a field trip of the Hayward fault in the afternoon. The workshop included material on the new California science content standards related to plate tectonics and earthquakes. The conference was made possible through the generous efforts of many organizations and individuals. Online abstract submissions were managed by the Seismological Society of America. The conference website was provided by the California Geological Survey. Check-in, onsite registration desks and projection equipment were staffed by CSUEB students and staff. Pre-registration and credit card transactions were handled by campus bookstore staff, courtesy of Follett Higher Education Group. Vehicles and drivers for field trips were provided by CSUEB. The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) provided materials for the teachers workshop. The conference schedule, list of sponsors, and abstracts of presentations are included in the Conference Program with Abstracts immediately following this summary. A list of participants in the conference is provided at the end of the abstracts, followed by photographs of conference activities. A flier describing the teacher training workshop and a list of teacher participants are located at the end of the report. ii Contents Conference Program with Abstracts ……………………………………………………….....iv List of Sponsors ……….…………………………………………..…………………..1 Technical Program ...…………………………………………….………………..…...3 Abstracts (in alphabetical order by author last name) .................................................14 Conference Participant List ……………………………………………………………….. 116 Conference Photographs …………………………………………………………………....121 Teacher Training Workshop Announcement ……………………………………….………124 Teacher Training Workshop Participant List ………………………….……………………125 iii CONFERENCE PROGRAM WITH ABSTRACTS THIRD CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS IN THE EASTERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SCIENCE, HAZARD, ENGINEERING AND RISK October 22-24, 2008 140th Anniversary of the 1868 Earthquake California State University East Bay Cover photos from the University of California Bancroft Library and the U.S. Library of Congress online archives. Introduction The Third Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area follows successful conferences held at California State University, East Bay in 1982 and 1992. The purpose of this conference is to synthesize and make public information on the earthquake science, hazard, engineering, and risk in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area that has been developed since the 1992 conference. The activities and publications take advantage of interest in earthquake hazards and risk generated by the 140th anniversary of the 1868 Hayward fault earthquake (October 21). Conference Sponsors Our appreciation to the conference sponsors with special thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey (Tom Brocher and Elizabeth Lemersal) for an important NEHRP grant to support the conference. California Geological Survey California State University, East Bay Earthquake Engineering Research Institute – Northern California Chapter Seismological Society of America Structural Engineers Association of Northern California University of California at Berkeley URS Corporation U.S. Geological Survey Morning and afternoon breaks are made possible in part by contributions from Chevron, Exponent, University of California at Berkeley, and URS Corporation. 1 Planning and Organizing Committee Keith Knudsen, Chair, URS Corporation Don Cushing, Cushing Associates (510) 874-3120 [email protected] [email protected] Peggy Hellweg, University of California, John Baldwin, William Lettis & Associates, Berkeley Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Luther Strayer, California State University, Tom Brocher, U.S. Geological Survey East Bay [email protected] [email protected] Roland Bürgmann, University of California, Mark Wiegers, California Geological Survey Berkeley [email protected] [email protected] Ivan Wong, URS Corporation/EERI-NC Mitchell Craig, California State University, [email protected] East Bay [email protected] Table of Contents Technical Program .................................................................................................. 3 Abstracts (in alphabetical order by author last name) .............................................. 14 2 Third Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area Science, Hazard, Engineering, and Risk CSU East Bay, October 22-26, 2008 Technical Program Wednesday October 22, 2008 8:00 am – 8:20 am Welcome 8:20 am – 10:00 am Seismotectonics of the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area 10:00 am – 10:40 am Break and Poster Viewing 10:40 am – 11:40 am Seismotectonics of the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area (Continued) 11:40 am – 1:00 pm Lunch and Poster Viewing 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break and Poster Viewing 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault (Continued) 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Posters: Hayward Fault Thursday October 23, 2008 8:00 am – 9:50 am Calaveras Fault 9:50 am – 10:20 am Break and Poster Viewing 10:20 am – 11:20 am Calaveras Fault (Continued) 11:20 am – 1:00 pm Lunch and Poster Viewing 1:00 pm – 3:10 pm Other East Bay Faults 3:10 pm – 3:40 pm Break and Poster Viewing 3:40 pm – 5:00 pm Other East Bay Faults (Continued) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Posters: Calaveras fault; Other East Bay Faults and Other Hazards 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Public Forum and Free Public Lecture Friday October 24, 2008 8:00 am – 8:50 am Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta 8:50 am – 9:50 am 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake 9:50 am – 10:30 am Break and Poster Viewing 10:30 am – 11:50 am Strong Ground Motion 11:50 am – 1:00 pm Lunch and Poster Viewing 1:00 pm – 2:55 pm Earthquake Engineering and Risk, Disaster Preparedness, and Outreach 2:55 pm – 3:25 pm Break and Poster Viewing 3:25 pm – 4:55 pm Earthquake Engineering and Risk, Disaster Preparedness, and Outreach (Continued) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Posters: Seismotectonic Setting; Delta Hazard and Risk; Strong Ground Motions; Earthquake Engineering and Risk, Disaster Preparedness, and Outreach 4:55 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Saturday October 25, 2008 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Field Trips Southern Hayward Fault Calaveras Fault Sunday