Probabilistic Earthquake Location with NonLinLoc
How NonLinLoc locates earthquakes by mapping a full probability density over the search volume instead of i...
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Modern Seismic Monitoring Systems: How ML and the Cloud Build Earthquake Catalogs
A tour of how modern earthquake-monitoring systems turn continuous seismic waveforms into earthquake catalo...
Recent posts
Recent technical articles on seismic analytics, scientific computing, numerical modeling, and production data workflows.
Build a multilingual local voice journal app with fastapi and whisper (beginner guide)
A beginner-friendly walkthrough to build and run Whisper Journal with multilingual dictation, local Whisper transcription, AI-assisted title/tag generation, ...
Seismoalert: a real-time earthquake monitoring toolkit in python (codes included)
I built SeismoAlert to fetch USGS earthquake data, run statistical analysis, detect anomalies, and generate interactive maps from a single CLI.
From code to monitoring: fastapi calculator devops pipeline (complete beginner guide)
A practical, beginner-friendly walkthrough of a complete FastAPI DevOps workflow: clean code, layered testing, CI with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and runtim...
Turning your home computer into a home server you can access remotely
Turn your everyday computer into a home server you can access from anywhere using Dynamic DNS, a simple update script, and secure SSH access.
The need for structural health monitoring in the san francisco bay area
The San Francisco Bay Area combines high seismic hazard, dense urban exposure, and aging infrastructure. Structural Health Monitoring can improve post-earthq...
Macos file indexing using python
A Python-based solution for indexing and searching files on a macOS system using SQLite, FAISS, and semantic search.
The impact of cloud computing on geophysical and seismological research
Cloud computing is transforming geophysical and seismological research by enabling scalable processing, faster collaboration, and reproducible workflows for ...
Understanding docker: a beginner’s guide for geophysics students
A practical introduction to Docker for geophysics students, including images, containers, volumes, and a simple workflow for reproducible seismic data analys...
Getting started with databricks for big data analysis
Learn how to set up Databricks, create your first Spark cluster, upload data, and run PySpark notebooks for scalable big data analysis.
Solving a toy earthquake location problem using a genetic algorithm
Discover how Genetic Algorithms can be applied to solve the earthquake location problem in seismology. This post walks through generating synthetic seismic d...
How to sync zotero files using webdav and google drive with koofr: a step-by-step guide
Learn how to seamlessly sync your Zotero files across devices using WebDAV with Koofr and Google Drive. This step-by-step guide ensures your research materia...
Integrating mems accelerometers and broadband seismometers: challenges and opportunities in modern seismology
While MEMS accelerometers offer advantages in cost, size, and deployment flexibility compared to traditional broadband seismometers, they face limitations in...
Build a multilingual local voice journal app with fastapi and whisper (beginner guide)
A beginner-friendly walkthrough to build and run Whisper Journal with multilingual dictation, local Whisper transcription, AI-assisted title/tag generation, ...
Seismoalert: a real-time earthquake monitoring toolkit in python (codes included)
I built SeismoAlert to fetch USGS earthquake data, run statistical analysis, detect anomalies, and generate interactive maps from a single CLI.
From code to monitoring: fastapi calculator devops pipeline (complete beginner guide)
A practical, beginner-friendly walkthrough of a complete FastAPI DevOps workflow: clean code, layered testing, CI with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and runtim...
Turning your home computer into a home server you can access remotely
Turn your everyday computer into a home server you can access from anywhere using Dynamic DNS, a simple update script, and secure SSH access.
The need for structural health monitoring in the san francisco bay area
The San Francisco Bay Area combines high seismic hazard, dense urban exposure, and aging infrastructure. Structural Health Monitoring can improve post-earthq...
Macos file indexing using python
A Python-based solution for indexing and searching files on a macOS system using SQLite, FAISS, and semantic search.
The impact of cloud computing on geophysical and seismological research
Cloud computing is transforming geophysical and seismological research by enabling scalable processing, faster collaboration, and reproducible workflows for ...
Understanding docker: a beginner’s guide for geophysics students
A practical introduction to Docker for geophysics students, including images, containers, volumes, and a simple workflow for reproducible seismic data analys...
Getting started with databricks for big data analysis
Learn how to set up Databricks, create your first Spark cluster, upload data, and run PySpark notebooks for scalable big data analysis.
Solving a toy earthquake location problem using a genetic algorithm
Discover how Genetic Algorithms can be applied to solve the earthquake location problem in seismology. This post walks through generating synthetic seismic d...
How to sync zotero files using webdav and google drive with koofr: a step-by-step guide
Learn how to seamlessly sync your Zotero files across devices using WebDAV with Koofr and Google Drive. This step-by-step guide ensures your research materia...
Integrating mems accelerometers and broadband seismometers: challenges and opportunities in modern seismology
While MEMS accelerometers offer advantages in cost, size, and deployment flexibility compared to traditional broadband seismometers, they face limitations in...