简介:OnSeptember25-26,2014,CIISandHooverInstitution,StanfordUniversityjointlyheldtheSecondSino-USMaritimeSecurityWorkshopinBeijing.CIISPresidentQuXingandAbrahamSofall,seniorresearchfellowwiththeHooverInstitution,codeliveredtheopeningremarks.RepresentativesfromChina'sMinistryofNationalDefense,
简介:Becauseseismicactivitywithinmid-continentsisusuallymuchlowerthanthatalongplateboundaryzones,evensmallearthquakescancausewidespreadconcerns,especiallywhentheseeventsoccurinthesourceregionsofpreviouslargeearthquakes.However,thesesmallearthquakesmaybejustaftershocksthatcontinuefordecadesorevenlonger.TherecentseismicityintheTangshanregioninNorthChinaislikelyaftershocksofthe1976GreatTangshanearthquake.ThecurrentearthquakesequenceintheNewMadridseismiczoneincentralUnitedStates,whichincludesaclusterofM*7.0eventsin1811–1812andanumberofsimilareventsinthepastmillennium,isbelievedtoresultfromrecentfaultreactivationthatreleasespre-storedstrainenergyinthecrust.Ifso,thisearthquakesequenceissimilartoaftershocksinthattheratesofenergyreleaseshoulddecaywithtimeandthesequenceofearthquakeswilleventuallyend.WeusesimplephysicalanalysisandnumericalsimulationstoshowthatthecurrentsequenceoflargeearthquakesintheNewMadridfaultzoneislikelyendingorhasended.Recognizingthatmid-continentalearthquakeshavelongaftershocksequencesandcomplexspatiotemporaloccurrencesarecriticaltoimprovehazardassessments.
简介:<正>FromOctober14to23,2014,CAFIUsuccessfullyhostedthe1stChina-US-EuropeYoungLeadersExchangeProgram.TargetedatyoungleadersfromChina,theUSandEuropewithafocusonpolitical,economicandculturalexchanges,thisprogramhasselectedBeijingandGuangdongtomakefieldvisitsintheformsofthemedtalks,