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Overview

David J. Wald is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on earthquake and tectonic studies, seismology and earthquake studies, disaster management and resilience, seismic performance and analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, and landslides and related hazards.

Their work spans the main fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science, with particular contributions in subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

David J. Wald has contributed numerous articles to several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • The Seismic Record
  • Lifelines 2022

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Eric M. Thompson
  • Vincent Quitoriano
  • Kishor Jaiswal
  • Michael Hearne
  • Susu Xu

Key recent publications authored or coauthored by David J. Wald include:

  • Practical limitations of earthquake early warning, 2020, Earthquake Spectra
  • ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • A global hybrid VS30 map with a topographic slope-based default and regional map insets, 2020, Earthquake Spectra

Other notable papers coauthored in related topics include:

  • Rapid Characterization of the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquake Sequence, 2023, The Seismic Record
  • USGS "Did You Feel It?"-Science and Lessons From 20 Years of Citizen Science-Based Macroseismology, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion

    Paul Somerville;Kojiro Irikura;Robert Graves;Sumio Sawada

  • Slab1.0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

    Gavin P. Hayes;David J. Wald;Rebecca L. Johnson

  • Relationships between peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California

    David J. Wald;Vincent Quitoriano;Thomas H. Heaton;Hiroo Kanamori

  • NEAR‐SOURCE GROUND MOTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON FLEXIBLE BUILDINGS

    John F. Hall;Thomas H. Heaton;Marvin W. Halling;David J. Wald

  • Topographic Slope as a Proxy for Seismic Site Conditions and Amplification

    David J. Wald;Trevor I. Allen

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of slip for the 1992 Landers, California, earthquake

    David J. Wald;Thomas H. Heaton

  • Rupture Process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake

    Charles J. Ammon;Chen Ji;Hong-Kie Thio;David Robinson

  • TriNet “ShakeMaps”: Rapid Generation of Peak Ground Motion and Intensity Maps for Earthquakes in Southern California

    David J. Wald;Vincent Quitoriano;Thomas H. Heaton;Hiroo Kanamori

  • Source Description of the 1999 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake, Part I: Wavelet Domain Inversion Theory and Resolution Analysis

    Chen Ji;David J. Wald;Donald V. Helmberger

  • The slip history of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake determined from strong-motion, teleseismic, GPS, and leveling data

    David J. Wald;Thomas H. Heaton;K. W. Hudnut

  • On the Use of High-Resolution Topographic Data as a Proxy for Seismic Site Conditions (VS30)

    Trevor I. Allen;David J. Wald

  • Response of high-rise and base-isolated buildings to a hypothetical mw 7.0 blind thrust earthquake.

    Thomas H. Heaton;John F. Hall;David J. Wald;Marvin W. Halling

  • Probabilistic Relationships between Ground‐Motion Parameters and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California

    C. B. Worden;M. C. Gerstenberger;D. A. Rhoades;D. J. Wald

  • Rupture model of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake from the inversion of strong motion and broadband teleseismic data

    David J. Wald;Donald V. Helmberger;Thomas H. Heaton

  • “Did You Feel It?” Intensity Data: A Surprisingly Good Measure of Earthquake Ground Motion

    Gail M. Atkinson;David J. Wald

  • ShakeMap manual: technical manual, user's guide, and software guide

    David J. Wald;Bruce C. Worden;Vincent Quitoriano;Kris L. Pankow

  • Utilization of the Internet for rapid community intensity maps

    David J. Wald;Vincent Quitoriano;Lori A. Dengler;James W. Dewey

  • A global empirical model for near real-time assessment of seismically induced landslides

    M. A. Nowicki Jessee;M. W. Hamburger;K. Allstadt;D. J. Wald

  • USGS "Did You Feel It?" internet-based macroseismic intensity maps

    David J. Wald;Vincent Quitoriano;Bruce Worden;Margaret Hopper

  • Slip history and dynamic implications of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake

    Chen Ji;Donald V. Helmberger;David J. Wald;Kuo Fong Ma

  • Source Description of the 1999 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake, Part II: Complexity of Slip History

    Chen Ji;David J. Wald;Donald V. Helmberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Earle
Paul S. Earle United States Geological Survey
Eric M. Thompson
Eric M. Thompson United States Geological Survey
Gavin P. Hayes
Gavin P. Hayes United States Geological Survey
Thomas H. Heaton
Thomas H. Heaton California Institute of Technology
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Harley M. Benz
Harley M. Benz United States Geological Survey
Robert W. Graves
Robert W. Graves United States Geological Survey
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Jonathan W. Godt
Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey
Randall W. Jibson
Randall W. Jibson United States Geological Survey

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