“The Cascadia Initiative & Earthquake Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest”, Jan. 15

Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Geology Lecture series continues with Dr. Douglas Toomey (University of Oregon) on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm with “The Cascadia Initiative and Earthquake Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest”. Dr. Toomey will focus on two themes: the Cascadia Initiative, an onshore/offshore seismic and geodetic experiment studying megathrust earthquakes and other activity associated with the Juan De Fuca and Gorda plates; and the status of Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) systems. This will be the eleventh “Cascadia Anniversary” talk where lectures focus on an earthquake and/or tsunami theme given in close proximity to the 9:00 pm, January 26th anniversary of the last great Cascadia earthquake in 1700. Professor Toomey earned his Bachelor of Science from Penn State and PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Dr. Toomey’s research is widely published in many of the leading scientific journals. He has participated in a number of research committees including RIDGE, NEPTUNE and JOIDES. Dr. Toomey has been on the University of Oregon faculty since completing postdoctoral work at Woods Hole. In addition to the lecture, representatives of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) will be present in the lobby before and after the lecture to answer questions. All geology talks are free and are held in the Hales Center for the Performing Arts on Southwestern’s Coos Campus, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. For those not able to attend in person, all lectures are Livestreamed and archived, with access from the College’s web site at www.socc.edu. Continuing sponsors of the lecture series include the Southwestern Foundation and the College. Additional talks in the 2015-16 series include Dr. Fritz Stahr (University of Washington) on using robotic equipment to study the ocean floor on March 4, 2016 and Dr. Scott Burns (Portland State) discussing the Oso Landslide on April 16, 2016. For additional information please contact Ron Metzger at 541-888-7216.