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  • 2007 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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Thomas H. Heaton is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanical Engineering as subfields.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics related to seismic activity and infrastructure response. These include:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
  • Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis

Heaton has published several research papers in notable scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • "How Often Can Earthquake Early Warning Systems Alert Sites With High-Intensity Ground Motion?" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Ground motions in urban Los Angeles from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence" (2021), Earthquake Spectra
  • "2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Reveals Areas of Los Angeles That Amplify Shaking of High-Rises" (2020), Seismological Research Letters
  • "Status and Performance of the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System: 2019-2023" (2024), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Sparse Bayesian learning for damage identification using nonlinear models: Application to weld fractures of steel-frame buildings" (2021), Structural Control and Health Monitoring

Frequent publication venues for this scientist also include Earthquake Spectra, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Seismological Research Letters, and Structural Control and Health Monitoring.

Heaton has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Monica D. Kohler
  • Filippos Filippitzis
  • Julian Bunn
  • K. Mani Chandy
  • Maren Böse

Throughout their career, Thomas H. Heaton has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2007.

Best Publications

  • Inversion of strong ground motion and teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture history of the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake

    Stephen H. Hartzell;Thomas H. Heaton

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

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

  • Evidence for and implications of self-healing pulses of slip in earthquake rupture

    Thomas H. Heaton

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

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

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

    David J. Wald;Thomas H. Heaton

  • 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

  • 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

  • Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

    Kerry Sieh;Lucile M Jones;Egill Hauksson;Kenneth W Hudnut

  • Generalized Seismic Phase Detection with Deep Learning

    Zachary E. Ross;Men-Andrin Meier;Egill Hauksson;Thomas H. Heaton

  • Tidal triggering of earthquakes

    Thomas H. Heaton

  • The Observed Wander of the Natural Frequencies in a Structure

    John F. Clinton;S. Case Bradford;Thomas H. Heaton;Javier Favela

  • 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

  • Determination of earthquake energy release and ML using TERRAscope

    Hiroo Kanamori;Jim Mori;Egill Hauksson;Thomas H. Heaton

  • 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

  • Microscopic and Macroscopic Physics of Earthquakes

    Hiroo Kanamori;Thomas H. Heaton

  • Frictional Melting During the Rupture of the 1994 Bolivian Earthquake

    Hiroo Kanamori;Don L. Anderson;Thomas H. Heaton

  • RUPTURE HISTORY OF THE 1984 MORGAN HILL, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKE FROM THE INVERSION OF STRONG MOTION RECORDS

    Stephen H. Hartzell;Thomas H. Heaton

  • Estimating ground motions using recorded accelerograms

    Thomas H. Heaton;Fumiko Tajima;Ann Wildenstein Mori

  • Seismic potential associated with subduction in the northwestern United States

    Thomas H. Heaton;Hiroo Kanamori

  • Earthquake Hazards on the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Thomas H. Heaton;Stephen H. Hartzell

Frequent Co-Authors

Egill Hauksson
Egill Hauksson California Institute of Technology
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Robert W. Clayton
Robert W. Clayton California Institute of Technology
David J. Wald
David J. Wald United States Geological Survey
John Clinton
John Clinton ETH Zurich
Stephen H. Hartzell
Stephen H. Hartzell United States Geological Survey
Jim Mori
Jim Mori Kyoto University
Maren Böse
Maren Böse ETH Zurich
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
James L. Beck
James L. Beck California Institute of Technology

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