Kurama Okubo

About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED).

Research Interest

My research focuses on earthquake source mechanics. I have explored this topic through numerical modeling, ambient seismic noise monitoring, and laboratory experiments to clarify the essential processes of earthquake rupture dynamics across different scales. My goal is to unravel earthquake source processes with adequate spatiotemporal resolution, contributing to robust and realistic earthquake rupture scenarios.

New Preprint Available

Our new work, Dynamics of Non-Self-Similar Earthquakes Illuminated by a Controlled Fault Asperity, is now available as a preprint.

Talk in ERC TECTONIC-FEAR Seminars

My talk on a current project of the stick-slip experiments with controlled gouge patch asperities is now available on Youtube.

Talk in Cargèse international workshop - 4th edition

My talk on the dynamic earthquake rupture modeling with coseismic off-fault damage is now available on Youtube.

New paper: Monitoring velocity change over 20 years at Parkfield is published.

New paper on the monitoring dv/v using ambient seismic noise