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Feng Wang

Feng Wang is a Senior Scientist in the Research Department at AIR.

2/17/2021 - 18 min read

After Tohoku, AIR’s View of Hazard from Megathrust Earthquakes and Insights into Vulnerability to Tsunami

This article is the second of three in our series on managing Japan earthquake risk; it describes how the M9.0 Tohoku earthquake informed our view of hazard from megathrust earthquakes in Japan and how we are updating the vulnerability component of our model.

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12/29/2016 - 3 min read

Better understanding earthquake risk

The WGCEP progression of models have become increasingly accurate, detailed, and sophisticated in their representations of a particularly complex natural system.

8/22/2016 - 3 min read

A Better Understanding of California's Earthquake Risk

Trembling with anticipation of the "Big One," the hypothetical M8.0+ earthquake expected to occur along the San Andreas Fault, California is no stranger to earthquakes.