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Overview

Daniel E. McNamara is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research centers on geophysics and engineering fields related to seismic activity and structural analysis. The scientist has contributed extensively to studies involving seismic waves, earthquake and tectonic processes, and seismic performance assessment.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications (2023, Earthquake Spectra)
  • The U.S. Geological Survey's Rapid Seismic Array Deployment for the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence (2020, Seismological Research Letters)
  • The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the central and eastern US (2021, Earthquake Spectra)
  • 2021 US National Seismic Hazard Model for the State of Hawaii (2021, Earthquake Spectra)
  • Evaluation of Ground-Motion Models for U.S. Geological Survey Seismic Hazard Forecasts: Hawaii Tectonic Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions (2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America)

Frequent collaborators in their work include Mark D. Petersen, Peter M. Powers, Morgan P. Moschetti, Allison M. Shumway, and Eric M. Thompson.

Their publications are primarily found in the following venues:

  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Oceanography
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

The main fields of study associated with their research include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Subfields covered in their work embrace geophysics, civil and structural engineering, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The core topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Best Publications

  • Ambient Noise Levels in the Continental United States

    Daniel E. McNamara;Raymond P. Buland

  • Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Tibetan Plateau

    Daniel E. McNamara;Thomas J. Owens;Paul G. Silver;Frances T. Wu

  • Upper mantle velocity structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau from Pn travel time tomography

    D. E. McNamara;D. E. McNamara;D. E. McNamara;W. R. Walter;T. J. Owens;C. J. Ammon

  • 2017 One‐Year Seismic‐Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes

    Mark D. Petersen;Charles S. Mueller;Morgan P. Moschetti;Susan M. Hoover

  • 2018 One‐Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes

    Mark D. Petersen;Charles S. Mueller;Morgan P. Moschetti;Susan M. Hoover

  • The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview of model and implications:

    Mark D. Petersen;Allison M. Shumway;Peter M. Powers;Charles S. Mueller

  • Observations of regional phase propagation across the Tibetan Plateau

    Daniel E. McNamara;Thomas J. Owens;William R. Walter

  • Oklahoma experiences largest earthquake during ongoing regional wastewater injection hazard mitigation efforts

    William L. Yeck;Gavin P. Hayes;Daniel E. McNamara;Justin L. Rubinstein

  • Azimuthal shear wave velocity anisotropy in the Basin and Range Province using moho Ps converted phases

    Daniel E. McNamara;Thomas J. Owens

  • Far-field pressurization likely caused one of the largest injection induced earthquakes by reactivating a large preexisting basement fault structure

    William L. Yeck;Matthew Weingarten;Harley M. Benz;Daniel E. McNamara

  • Earthquake hypocenters and focal mechanisms in central Oklahoma reveal a complex system of reactivated subsurface strike‐slip faulting

    Daniel E. McNamara;Harley M. Benz;Robert B. Herrmann;Eric A. Bergman

  • Multidecadal Climate-induced Variability in Microseisms

    Richard C. Aster;Daniel E. McNamara;Peter D. Bromirski

  • Frequency-Dependent Lg Q within the Continental United States

    Dirk Erickson;Daniel E. McNamara;Harley M. Benz

  • Propagation characteristics of Lg across the Tibetan Plateau

    D. E. McNamara;T. J. Owens;W. R. Walter

  • Seismic detection and analysis of icequakes at Columbia Glacier, Alaska

    Shad O'Neel;Hans P. Marshall;Daniel E. McNamara;William Tad Pfeffer

  • Rapid Characterization of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence and Its Seismotectonic Context

    Gavin P. Hayes;Richard W. Briggs;William D. Barnhart;William L. Yeck

  • The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications

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  • On the topology of filaments and chromospheric fibrils near sunspots

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  • Influence of Lithostatic Stress on Earthquake Stress Drops in North America

    Oliver S. Boyd;Daniel E. McNamara;Stephen H. Hartzell;George Choy

  • Seismic Noise Analysis System, Power Spectral Density Probability Density Function: Stand-Alone Software Package

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  • A Method to Establish Seismic Noise Baselines for Automated Station Assessment

    D. E. McNamara;C.R. Hutt;L.S. Gee;Harley M. Benz

  • Iceberg calving during transition from grounded to floating ice: Columbia Glacier, Alaska

    Fabian Walter;Shad O'Neel;Daniel McNamara;W. T. Pfeffer

  • Reactivated faulting near Cushing, Oklahoma: Increased potential for a triggered earthquake in an area of United States strategic infrastructure

    Daniel E. McNamara;Gavin P. Hayes;Harley M. Benz;Robert Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Harley M. Benz
Harley M. Benz United States Geological Survey
Mark D. Petersen
Mark D. Petersen United States Geological Survey
Eric M. Thompson
Eric M. Thompson United States Geological Survey
Richard C. Aster
Richard C. Aster Colorado State University
Charles S. Mueller
Charles S. Mueller United States Geological Survey
Paul S. Earle
Paul S. Earle United States Geological Survey
Robert B. Herrmann
Robert B. Herrmann Saint Louis University
Gavin P. Hayes
Gavin P. Hayes United States Geological Survey
Thomas J. Owens
Thomas J. Owens University of South Carolina
Eric A. Bergman
Eric A. Bergman University of Colorado Boulder

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