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A. Technical Articles (Reviewed)

  1. Locked and creeping patches along the Hayward Fault, California (M. Wyss) Geophys. Res. Letts., 28, 3537-3540, 2001.
  2. Correlating variations of b values and crustal deformations during the 1990s may have pinpointed the rupture initiation of the Mw=7.4 Izmit earthquake of 1999 August 17 (M. Westerhaus, M. Wyss, R. Yilmaz, and J. Zschau) Geophysical Journal International, 148, 139-152, 2002.
  3. Most likely locations of large earthquakes in the Kanto area, Japan, estimated based on local recurrence time (M. Wyss and S. Matsumura) Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 173-184, 2002.
  4. Spatial and temporal variability of the b-value in seismogenic volumes: An overview (S. Wiemer and M. Wyss) Advances in Geophysics, 45, 259-302, 2002.
  5. Reply to the comments by Rydelek and Sacks on “ Minimum magnitude of complete reporting in earthquake catalogs: examples from Alaska, the Western United States, and Japan ” (S. Wiemer and M. Wyss) Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 1868-1871, 2003.
  6. Spatial variations in the frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes at Mount Pinatubo volcano (Sanchez, J. J., S. R. McNutt, J. A. Power, and M. Wyss) Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 430-438, 2004.
  7. Temporal-spatial variations of stress at Redoubt volcano, Alaska, inferred from inversion of fault plane solutions (J. J. Sanchez, M. Wyss and S. R. McNutt) J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res., 130, 1-29, 2004.
  8. Comparison between seismicity on creeping and locked patches of the San Andreas fault near Parkfield, CA : fractal dimension and b-value (M. Wyss, C. Sammis, B. Nadeau and S. Wiemer) Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 94, 410-424, 2004.
  9. Seismic Risk in the United Arab Emirates, an Approximate Estimate (M. Wyss and A. S. Al-Homoud), Natural Hazards, 32, 371-389, 2004.
  10. Real-time prediction of earthquake casualties (M. Wyss) in Proceedings, Disasters and Society – From Hazard Assessment to Risk Reduction, eds. D. Malzahn and T. Plapp, Logos Publishers, Internat. Conference, Univ. Karlsruhe, 26-27 July, 165-173, 2004.
  11. Seismic quiescence precursors to two M7 earthquakes on Sakhalin Island, measured by two methods (M. Wyss, G. Sobolev and J. D. Clippard) Earth Planets and Space, 56, 725-740, 2004.
  12. Earthquake loss estimates in real-time begin to assist rescue teams, worldwide (M. Wyss) EOS, 85, 52, 565-567, 2004.
  13. Earthquake statistics at Parkfield I: Stationarity of b-values (D. Schorlemmer, S. Wiemer and M. Wyss) J. Geophys. Res., 109, B123234, 10.1029/2004JB003234, 2004.
  14. Earthquake statistics at Parkfiled II: Probabilistic forcasting and testing (D. Schorlemmer, S. Wiemer, M. Wyss and D. Jackson) J. Geophys. Res., 109, B123235, 10.1029/2004JB003235, 2004.
  15. Human losses expected in Himalayan earthquakes (M. Wyss) Natural Hazards, 34, 3, 305-314, 2005.
  16. Earthquake loss estimates applied in real time and to megacity risk assessment (M. Wyss) Proceedings of the Second International ISCRAM Conference (Eds. B. Carle and B. Van de Walle), 297-299, Brussels, Belgium, April, 2005.
  17. Variations in earthquake-size distribution across different stress regimes (D. Schorlemmer, S. Wiemer and M. Wyss) Nature, 437, 539-542, 2005.
  18. Verification of our previous definition of preferred earthquake nucleation areas in Kanto-Tokai, Japan (M. Wyss and S. Matsumura) Tectonophys., 417, 81-84, 2005.
  19. Nucleation points of main shocks in southern Iceland mapped by b-Values (M. Wyss and R. Stefansson) Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 599-608, 2006.
  20. The Kashmir M7.6 shock of 8 October 2005 calibrates estimates of losses in future Himalayan earthquakes (M. Wyss) Proceedings of the Third International ISCRAM Conference, (Eds. B. Van de Walle and M. Turoff,), Newark, NJ (USA), May, in press, 2006.
  21. How can we Persuade Governments to Mitigate Looming Earthquake Disasters? (M. Wyss), Proceedings of International Disaster Reduction Conference, Davos (Switzerland), in press, 2006.

B. Reports

  1. New agency to promote natural hazards risk reduction worldwide (M. Wyss) EOS, 82, 40, 456, 2001.
  2. Earthquake monitoring in the Sakhalin Island Area (M. Wyss and A. Koerner) Sakhalin Energy Investment Co., pp. 27, 2002.
  3. Seismic Quiescence Precursors to Two M7 Earthquakes on Sakhalin Island , Measured by Two Methods (M. Wyss and G. Sobolev) Sakhalin Energy Investment Co., pp. 36, 2003.
  4. Seismic Risk in the United Arab Emirates , an Approximate Estimate (M. Wyss and A. S. Al-Homoud).
  5. Earthquake Faults in the UAE? (M. Wyss).
  6. Possible Precursory Seismic Quiescence and b-value Changes (M. Wyss) Semiannual Report to project PREPARED, July 2003.
  7. Nucleation Points of Main Shocks in Southern Iceland Mapped by b-Values (M. Wyss) Annual Report to project PREPARED, February 2004.

C. Abstracts of Presentations at Conferences (Published)

  1. Chen, Y., Q.F. Chen, M. Shakramanian, V. Larionov, and J. Pejcoch, Web based support tool in order to respond to strong earthquakes, Oslo , 2001 .
  2. Experience of fast damage tool application (Frolova, N. ; Kozlov, M.; Larionov, V.; Nikolaev, A.; Suchshev, S.; Ugarov, A.) European Geophysical Society, General Assembly, Nice, EAE03-A-05216, 2002.
  3. Strong earthquakes knowledge base for calibrating fast damage assessment systems (Frolova, N. ; Kozlov, M.; Larionov, V.; Nikolaev, A.; Suchshev, S.; Ugarov, A.) European Geophysical Society, General Assembly, Nice, EAE03-A-05912, 2002.
  4. Remote sensing application for operative assessment of building vulnerability to earthquakes (N. Frolova, O. Gordeeva, M. Kozlov, V. Larionov, Z. Milutinovich, M. Shakhramanian, A. Ugarov), XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission , Genova, September 1-6, 2002.
  5. Reliability of possible earthquake impact assessment with alert seismological surveys application (J. Bonnin, N. Frolova, V. Larionov, M. Shakhramanian, S. Sushchev, A. Ugarov, M. Kozlov, O. Starovojt) XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission , Genova, September 1-6, 2002.
  6. Experience of "extremum" system application for operative earthquake loss assessment (J. Bonnin, N. Frolova, M. Kozlov, V. Larionov, A. Nikolaev, M. Shakhramanian, S. Sushchev, A. Ugarov) XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission , Genova, September 1-6, 2002.
  7. Decision support tool for disaster management in the case of strong earthquakes (J. Bonnin, Chen Yong, N. Frolova, M. Kozlov , V. Larionov, A. Nikolaev, J. Pejcoch , S. Sushchev, Xiaxin Tao, A. Ugarov) XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission , Genova, September 1-6, 2002.
  8. Competing earthquake forecasts test relationship between small and large earthquakes: application to California (D. Schorlemmer, D. D. Jackson, S. Wiemer, M. Wyss, D. Giardini) Eos Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., S51D-08 , 2002.
  9. b-value: What about focal mechanisms? (M. Wyss, D. Schorlemmer, A. Koerner, S. Wiemer, D. Giardini) Eos Trans. AGU, 83 (47) Fall Meet. Suppl., S72E-02 TI , 2002.
  10. Consequences for communities around the Marmara sea due to possible future earthquakes near Istanbul (M. Wyss , J. Zschau. V. Larionov) EGU conference, Nice April, 2003.
  11. An approximate estimate of the earthquake risk in the United Arab Emirates (A. S. Al-Homoud and M. Wyss) EGU conference, Nice April, 2003.
  12. Seismic quiescence precursors to two M7 earthquakes on Sakhalin Island , measured by two methods (M. Wyss, G. Sobolev and J. D. Clippard) IUGG Assembly, Sapporo , July, 2003.
  13. Seismic risk in the United Arab Emirates , an approximate estimate (M. Wyss and A. S. Al-Homoud) IUGG Assembly, Sapporo , July, 2003.
  14. Nucleation points of main shocks in Southern Iceland mapped by b-Values (M. Wyss), PREPARED project review, Reykjavik, January, 2004.
  15. Can asperities be mapped by seismicity patterns?, Workshop on seismic activity and probabilities of major earthquakes in the Kanto and Tokai area, central Japan (M. Wyss), March, 2004.
  16. Verifying the validity of human loss estimates due to earthquakes, using Quakeloss (M. Wyss) EGU, Nice, April, 2004.
  17. Human losses expected in Himalayan earthquakes (M. Wyss) EGU, Nice, April, 2004.
  18. Nucleation Points of Main Shocks in Southern Iceland, Mapped by b-Values (M. Wyss) EGU, Nice, April, 2004.
  19. Near real-time prediction of earthquake casualties (M. Wyss) Internat. Conf. on Disasters and Society – From Hazard Assessment to Risk Reduction, Univ. Karlsruhe, 26-27 July, p.28, 2004.
  20. Intra- compared to inter-plate loss scenarios (M. Wyss) XXIX Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Potsdam, September, 2004.
  21. Real-time loss estimates worldwide for earthquakes between Oct. 2002 and May 2004 (M. Wyss) XXIX Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Potsdam, September, 2004.
  22. Linking earthquake size distribution to stress (D. Schorlemmer, S. Wiemer, M. Wyss) American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 2004.
  23. Quantitative estimates of the numbers of casualties to be expected due to major earthquakes near megacities (M. Wyss and F. Wenzel) American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 2004.
  24. Errors and problems associated with real time loss estimates, after earthquakes in developing countries (M. Wyss) SSA, Annual Meeting, Reno, April, 2005.
  25. Earthquake Loss Estimates in the Maghreb and Information about Building Stock from Satellite Images (M. Wyss) International Workshop on Improving the Earthquake Safety of Public Buildings in the Maghreb Region, Algiers, 22-24 May, 2005.
  26. Applications of Satellite Images for Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Estimates (M. Wyss) Workshop on the Use of Remote Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Volcanoes and Seismogenic Areas, Napoli, 23-24 June, 2005.

D. Papers Unpublished, Presented at Conferences

  1. The mission of WAPMERR, 12 th Civil Defence World Conference, 25-27 June 2001, Geneva , Switzerland .
  2. The possibility of precursory quiescence and b-value changes in Iceland (M. Wyss) PREPARED conference, February 24-26, 2003 .
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