Category Archives: education

2021/09/08
4:49 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report Lite: M 7.0 near Acapulco, Mexico

I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, geology, mexico, plate tectonics, subduction, tsunami

2021/08/15
5:16 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: M 7.2 in Haiti

I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that … Continue reading →

Posted in caribbean, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip

2021/08/13
5:34 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report Lite: South Sandwich Islands

I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that … Continue reading →

Posted in atlantic, earthquake, education, geology, subduction, tsunami

2021/03/10
11:51 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Tōhoku-oki Earthquake Ten Years Later

This year we look back and remember what happened ten years ago in Japan and across the entire Pacific Basin. There are numerous web experiences focused on this type of reflection. Here is a short list, some of which I … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, geology, landslides, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction, tsunami

2020/12/30
10:12 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Croatia!

Yesterday as I was signing into work, my colleague Jackie Bott (a seismologist, seismic hazard/geology mapper, and on my tsunami team at CGS) mentioned the outer rise earthquake offshore of Chile that caused a small tsunami. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000d3i9/executive I checked this … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, europe, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip

2020/10/30
8:08 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Turkey!

I awakened to be late to attending the GSA meeting today. I had not checked the time. 7am is too early, but i understand the time differences… As i was logging into Zoom, my coworker emailed our Tsunami Unit group … Continue reading →

Posted in collision, earthquake, education, Extension, geology, plate tectonics, tsunami

2020/09/19
1:33 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Southern California

Late last night there was a sequence of earthquakes in southern California. The mainshock is a M 4.5 earthquake. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38695658/executive This temblor was widely felt across the southland (including by my mom, who was warned by earthquake early warning). This … Continue reading →

Posted in collision, earthquake, education, geology, los angeles, plate tectonics, San Andreas

2020/06/27
11:11 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Owens Valley, CA

Well, the east side of the Sierra lives up to its reputation for being in earthquake country. From the July 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence (reports here)to some shakers east of Mono Lake, to the May 2020 Monte Cristo Earthquake Sequence … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip

2020/06/24
9:10 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report (and Tsunami) Oaxaca, Mexico

Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks. On 18 June, here was a M 7.4 earthquake in the Pacific plate along the Kermadec trench north of New Zealand which generated a small tsunami, even though it was a … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, geology, mexico, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction, tsunami

2020/05/30
9:41 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Gorda Rise

It was a busy week (usual, right?). The previous week I was working on getting a house remodel done so someone could move in (they have been sleeping on couches for 6 months, so want to get them in asap). … Continue reading →

Posted in cascadia, earthquake, education, Extension, geology, gorda, pacific, plate tectonics