In the next several months, depending on completed work, I will be finishing the proposed work by implementing an extended earthquake source model into our FEM analysis and by introducing more efficient absorbing boundary conditions to get higher accuracy. Then I will simulate the mainshock of the 1994 Northridge earthquake event in the San Fernando basin. Verification of those simulations will be done by comparing our results with results from other numerical methods and validating by checking with data from observations. I expect to complete the proposed work specified in this proposal by fall 1997. The proposed tasks are listed below.