The Easter Earthquake

Dr. Thomas Rockwell
The Easter Day earthquake of April 4th, 2010...what can we expect from faults near Borrego Springs?

SDSU professor Tom Rockwell gives us the scoop on what recent earthquake activity means for the Borrego Valley and its residents.

$5 suggested donation. No registration required.

Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center
590 Palm Canyon Drive
Borrego Springs, CA 92004

Dr. Rockwell will also lead a field trip to Coyote Creek Fault earlier that afternoon. Click here to find out more about the field trip.

Dr. Thomas Rockwell is a nationally and internationally renowned paleoseismologist and geomorphologist. He is an expert on the neotectonics of southern California, as well as many other areas of the world where he has worked, including Baja California, Argentina, Turkey, Panama, India, Portugal, Mongolia, and Israel. He routinely uses soil stratigraphy, geomorphology and several geochronologic methods to assess rates of fault activity and determine recency of faulting. He often acts as a consultant for local geotechnical and archaeological consulting firms, providing input on the age of the soils or geomorphic surfaces of interest and assisting with fault evaluations to resolve recency of movement. In addition to his duties as a professor of neotectonics and Quaternary geology at San Diego State University, Dr. Rockwell has been the principal investigator for numerous research studies funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Southern California Earthquake Center. He is a Senior Partner of Earth Consultants International.