High frequency and region-scale simulations of large (Mw7+) earthquakes on the southern Whidbey Island fault, Washington, USA
This dataset consists of 3-component velocity time-series that describe ground shaking from simulated Mw7+ earthquakes on the southern Whidbey Island fault in Washington state. These were produced in support of the research project described in Stone et al. (2025). Simulations spanned a variety of different source parameters (hypocenter location, slip distribution, magnitude, dip direction) and source locations. The simulations were run at two different model resolutions: a larger regional-scale domain with 1Hz resolution that covers most of northwest Washington, and a smaller local-scale domain with 2.5Hz resolution that encompassed the Mw7 rupture and the nearby cities of Seattle, Everett, and Bellevue. A subset of the local-scale simulations were run in a model space considering surface topography. Regional-scale simulation time-series were produced on a regular grid of stations spaced at 1km; local-scale simulation time-series were produced on a regular grid of stations spaced at 0.5km. Additionally, time-series were produced at locations corresponding to PNSN (UW) and USGS (GS) seismometer sites in the area, and linear virtual arrays on select topographic features. Time-series data are saved in HDF5 format. Please refer to the publication Stone et al. (2025) for additional technical details on the simulations and a corresponding analysis of the results. This data release contains the timeseries data from all 78 simulations, the 42 corresponding source files, a jupyter notebook with an example of how to open and manipulate the data, and a document describing data formatting.
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[ "010:12" ] |
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{ "fn": "Ian P Stone", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:istone@usgs.gov" } |
| description | This dataset consists of 3-component velocity time-series that describe ground shaking from simulated Mw7+ earthquakes on the southern Whidbey Island fault in Washington state. These were produced in support of the research project described in Stone et al. (2025). Simulations spanned a variety of different source parameters (hypocenter location, slip distribution, magnitude, dip direction) and source locations. The simulations were run at two different model resolutions: a larger regional-scale domain with 1Hz resolution that covers most of northwest Washington, and a smaller local-scale domain with 2.5Hz resolution that encompassed the Mw7 rupture and the nearby cities of Seattle, Everett, and Bellevue. A subset of the local-scale simulations were run in a model space considering surface topography. Regional-scale simulation time-series were produced on a regular grid of stations spaced at 1km; local-scale simulation time-series were produced on a regular grid of stations spaced at 0.5km. Additionally, time-series were produced at locations corresponding to PNSN (UW) and USGS (GS) seismometer sites in the area, and linear virtual arrays on select topographic features. Time-series data are saved in HDF5 format. Please refer to the publication Stone et al. (2025) for additional technical details on the simulations and a corresponding analysis of the results. This data release contains the timeseries data from all 78 simulations, the 42 corresponding source files, a jupyter notebook with an example of how to open and manipulate the data, and a document describing data formatting. |
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[ "Bellevue", "Everett", "Olympia", "Pacific Northwest", "Seattle", "Tacoma", "USGS:67ddc134d34eae450ac1cab3", "Washington", "biota", "earthquake", "earthquake simulation", "ground motion", "natural hazards", "seismic hazard", "seismology", "southern whidbey island fault", "washington state", "wavefield simulation" ] |
| modified | 2025-09-22T00:00:00Z |
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| spatial | -123.6841, 46.8677, -121.6296, 49.0018 |
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| title | High frequency and region-scale simulations of large (Mw7+) earthquakes on the southern Whidbey Island fault, Washington, USA |
