Table of Contents

Earthquakes: Simulations, Sources and Tsunamis.- Finite Fault Modeling in a Tsunami Warning Center Context.- Modeling and Visualization of Tsunamis.- Geophysical Finite-Element Simulation Tool (GeoFEST): Algorithms and Validation for Quasistatic Regional Faulted Crust Problems.- Multiscale Brittle-Ductile Coupling and Genesis of Slow Earthquakes.- Parallel Fault Systems with Evolving Self-similar Sliding Zones.- 3-D Simulation of Steady Plate Subduction with Tectonic Erosion: Current Crustal Uplift and Free-Air Gravity Anomaly in Northeast Japan.- Development of Long-period Ground Motions from the Nankai Trough, Japan, Earthquakes: Observations and Computer Simulation of the 1944 Tonankai (Mw 8.1) and the 2004 SE Off-Kii Peninsula (Mw 7.4) Earthquakes.- Modeling Wing Crack Extension: Implications for the Ingredients of Discrete Element Model.- Interactive Visualization to Advance Earthquake Simulation.- The QuakeSim Project: Web Services for Managing Geophysical Data and Applications.- A New Design of Scientific Software Using Python and XML.- An Efficient System for Creating Synthetic InSAR Images from Simulations.- The Stress Accumulation Method and the Pattern Informatics Index: Complementary Approaches to Earthquake Forecasting.- The Newest Developments of Load-Unload Response Ratio (LURR).- Earthquake Trend Around Sumatra Indicated by a New Implementation of LURR Method.- Comparison Between LURR and State Vector Analysis Before Strong Earthquakes in Southern California Since 1980.- Fast Computing for LURR of Earthquake Prediction.- Complexity in Sequences of Solar Flares and Earthquakes.- Earthquakes: Recurrence and Interoccurrence Times.