Member Since 1978
Thorne Lay
Professor of Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
Professional Experience
University of California Santa Cruz
Professor of Earth Sciences
Honors & Awards
Publications
The 2021 MW 8.1 Kermadec Earthquake Sequence: Great Earthquake Rupture Along the Mantle/Slab Contact
Most great earthquakes on subduction zone plate boundaries have large coseismic slip concentrated along the contact between the subducting slab and...
April 02, 2025
Tsunami Variability for the 2021 Megathrust and 2023 Outer R...
February 26, 2025
Limited Shallow Slip in the 1938 MS 8.3 Alaska Peninsula Ear...
February 12, 2025
The 2022 MW 7.3 Southern Sumatra Tsunami Earthquake: Rupture...
December 09, 2024
Seismological Indicators of Geologically Inferred Fault Matu...
September 30, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Intermediate-depth Seismicity in the Peruvian Flat Slab: Narrow Seismogenic Band Related to Flexural Strain in Dry Slab
FROM THE SURFACE TO THE MANTLE: INTEGRATING GEOPHYSICAL, SEISMOLOGICAL, AND TECTONICS PERSPECTIVES ALONG THE SOUTH AMERICAN MARGIN I POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2024
Lingci Zeng, Lingling Ye, Huajian Yao, Wei Liu, Da...
The distribution and rupture properties of intermediate-depth earthquakes (~70-300 km) provide insights into the interior stress state of the subducti...
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Unraveling New Mysteries of the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption: Seismological Insights into Subaerial and Submarine Venting
SEISMIC AND ACOUSTIC SIGNALS OF VOLCANIC UNREST AND ERUPTION: FROM SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION TO MONITORING APPLICATIONS IV ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 11 december 2023
Ricardo GarzaGiron, Thorne Lay, Luis A. Rivera, Fr...
The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcanic eruption stands out as one of the most significant natural explosive events in the past century. While exte...
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Complex multi-fault rupture and triggering during the February 6, 2023, earthquake doublet in southeastern Türkiye
6 FEBRUARY 2023 EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE IN TÜRKIYE II POSTER
seismology | 11 december 2023
Chengli LIU, Thorne Lay, Rongjiang Wang, TUNCAY TA...
Two major crustal earthquakes (MW 7.8 and MW 7.7) ruptured left-lateral strike-slip faults of the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ) on February 6, 2023...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Member
Seismology Gutenberg Lecture Committee
2004 - 2006
Member
Smith Award Committee
2002 - 2003
Member
Union Fellows Committee
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