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Member Since 2016
Leah Salditch
Research Geophysicist, USGS Geological Survey
Professional Experience
USGS Geological Survey
Research Geophysicist
2021 - Present
Northwestern University
Graduate Student
2016 - 2021
Education
Masters
2016
Current Roles
Member
Natural Hazards Early Career and Student Committee
Honors & Awards
AGU Abstracts
How Well Can Macroseismic Intensities Constrain Moment Magnitude?
THE VALUE OF MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA: FROM EARTHQUAKE SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION TO GROUND MOTION AND SEISMIC HAZARD ESTIMATION AND TESTING I ORAL
seismology | 14 december 2023
Madeleine C Lucas, Susan E. Hough, Seth Stein, Lea...
Macroseismic data are valuable, and often required, to constrain earthquake source parameters for historical (pre-instrumental) earthquakes. Current m...
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Why does PSHA overpredict historically observed shaking data?
SEISMOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS AND ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY III ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2022
Leah Salditch, Molly M. Gallahue, James S. Neely,...
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessments (PSHA) based on current practice consistently appear to overpredict historically observed shaking data. Compa...
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2023 U.S. 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model
SEISMOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS AND ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY III ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2022
Mark D. Petersen, Alison Shumway, Peter Powers, Ed...
We are developing the 2023 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model for all 50 states by applying new seismicity, fault rupture models, and ground motion as...
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Volunteer History
2023 - 2024
Early Career Scientist III
AGU Council Student and Early Career Positions
2023 - 2024
Member
Natural Hazards Early Career and Student Committee
2019 - 2021
Member
Natural Hazards Early Career and Student Committee