本书介绍地球科学领域内观察、计算及解释方法和技术应用于研究汶川地震的地质构造背景、震源机制和动态破裂过程、断层和地壳结构成像以及地震风险评估和预测，详尽阐述了汶川地震研究工作和成果，理论与实践融合贯通。本书对四川省地震设防具有科学指导意义，适合地球物理和地震学专业高校师生与研究者参考，并可作为地震研究全球和区域合作的借鉴。
内容涵盖：
地震破裂过程快速反演方法和实例
汶川地震断裂过程研究成果综述
汶川地震断裂带科学钻探项目成果
中国地震预报科学试验场规划
中国地震震情和预测年度评估及实例
利用断层导波研究汶川地震与芦山地震关系
应用ETAS模型分析汶川地震域内震情
浅层精细结构三维全波形成像
地震伤亡自校正估算方法及应用实例

1 Inversion of the Earthquake Rupture Process: Methods, Case Studies and Applications to Emergency Response Yun-Tai Chen, Li-sheng Xu, Yong Zhang and Xu Zhang
2 Rupture Process of the 2008 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake: A Review Thorne Lay
3 The Wenchuan Earthquake Fault Scientifie Drilling (WFSD) Project Zhiqin Xu and Haibing Li
4 Coordinated Distributed Experiments (CDEs) Applied to Earthquake Forecast Test Sites Zhongliang Wu, Yan Zhang and Jiawei Li
5 Annual Earthquake Potential Consultation: A Real Forward Prediction Test in China Yongxian Zhang, Zhongliang Wu, Xiaotao Zhang and Gang Li
6 Structural Relationship Between the 2008 M8 Wenchuan and 2013 M7 Lushan Earthquakes Viewed by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves Yong-Gang Li, Jin-Rong Su, Tian-Chang Chen and Peng Wu
7 Analyzing Earthquake Events in the Vicinity of Wenchuan Using ETAS Models Annie Chu
8 Full-3D Seismic Tomography for Structure of the Critical Zone Wei Wang, Po Chen, En-Jui Lee and Dawei Mu
9 Self-correcting Estimate of Earthquake Death Toll Based on Field Reports: The April 25, 2015, Nepal, Earthquake Tengfei Ma, Zhongliang Wu and Yingchun Li