NSHM23 Release & Inversion Paper published
A large group of scientists at the USGS and supporting institututions have collaborated to build the 2023 update to the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM23...
About Kevin Milner
Kevin Milner is a geophysicist, computer scientist, and musician living in Los Angeles, CA. He works for the U.S. Geological Survey and earned his PhD in Geological Sciences (Geophysics) from USC in 2020.
His primary research interest is probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA). He is the lead developer of OpenSHA, an open-source PSHA platform, and is a key contributor to the National Seismic Hazard Model. See recent publications and other work-related news here.
He is also an avid musician. His primary instruments are the pedal steel and lap steel guitars. He plays in many bands in the Los Angeles region, specializing in Americana and traditional country music. See recent recordings, videos, or other music-related news here.
2024
2022
Multifault Rupture Plausibility paper published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Our paper entitled “Enumerating Plausible Multifault Ruptures in Complex Fault Systems with Physical Constraints” was just published in Bulletin of the Seism...
New album: Easy Now by Céleigh Chapman
My dear friend Céleigh Chapman just released a new EP, Easy Now. You can find it on Spotify or bandcamp. I play on tracks 4 and 5, “Too Much Sunshine” and “E...
2021
Temblor article on physics-based PSHA paper
Temblor recently interviewed me for a feature on their website about the recent paper. Give it a read!
TACC Research Spotlight: Simulating 800,000 Years of California Earthquake History to Pinpoint Risks
The Texas Advanced Computing Center recently published an article highlighting my recent paper. The article gives a nice accessible summary of the paper, giv...
Physics-Based PSHA paper published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Our paper entitled “Toward Physics‐Based Nonergodic PSHA: A Prototype Fully Deterministic Seismic Hazard Model for Southern California” was just published in...
2020
Temblor Article on Ridgecrest Forecasts and Paper
Temblor just posted this interesting article about the forecasts that I ran during the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Give it a read here, or check out...
Ridgecrest Operational Earthquake Forecasting paper published in Seismological Research Letters
Our paper on “Operational Earthquake Forecasting during the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence with the UCERF3‐ETAS Model” was just published i...
2019
New album: Wash by Laureline
My friend Chris Rasmussen’s band Laureline just realeased a new album, Wash. He asked me to play steel on track 12, “Ladies’ Man,” which you can listen to on...
UCERF3-ETAS Ridgecrest Simulations poster for 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting
My 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting poster focuses on experiences during the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence with the UCERF3-ETAS short term forecasting model. Y...
Hot Licks with Hot Sauce
Some fun with a bottle of Tapatio hot sauce and the lap steel:
Michael Monroe Goodman and the Honky Tonk Ninjas EPK
Check out the new EPK for Michael Monroe Goodman and the Honky Tonk Ninjas!
New album: Sunsinking by Sean Pawling
My good friend Sean Pawling just realeased a new album, Sunsinking. I had the pleasure of laying down some steel on track 11, Wait for the Silence. Give it a...
2018
Earthquake Simulators paper published in Science Advances
Bruce Shaw, myself, and the rest of the Collaboratory for Interseismic Simulation and Modeling (CISM) just published a new paper in Science Advances, which d...
Gun Hill Royals Sessions
Here is a collection of songs I’ve recorded with my friends Gun Hill Royals. Most are more Americana, though the first track below, Sun To Shine, has a stron...
Seismoloical Society of America ‘At Work’ Column
I was recently featured in the monthly ‘At Work’ column of the Seismological Society of America. Give it a read here!
2017
MPJTaskCalculator v1.1 Released
MPJTaskCalculator is a framework for executing predefined sets of independent parallel tasks in Java with MPJ (without having to write any MPI commands). Che...
Jam in the Van with Victoria Bailey
Sometime in September, 2017, I had the pleasure of performing 3 songs with the very talented Victoria Bailey for Jam In The Van. Check out the videos below!