Category Archives: plate tectonics

2019/03/02
6:57 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Peru

On 01 March 2019 there was an intermediate depth earthquake near the border of Peru and Bolivia. In the past century, this is the first earthquake in this area at this depth. There are some historic quakes to the east, … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2019/02/23
1:45 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Ecuador

Well, as I was getting up this morning, my social media feed was abuzz about the intermediate depth earthquake in Peru. While it was quite deep (

Posted in earthquake, education, plate tectonics, subduction

2019/02/01
11:06 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Guatemala and Mexico

This morning (my time) there was a moderately deep earthquake along the coast of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala. Here is my Temblor article about this M=6.6 earthquake and how it might relate to the 2017 M=8.2 quake. Offshore of … Continue reading →

Posted in caribbean, earthquake, education, Extension, geology, mexico, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2019/01/20
7:09 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Chile

There was a very interesting earthquake in central coastal Chile yesterday. I spent some time putting together a Temblor article about it. I also took the opportunity to create an interpretive poster in portrait format to help with people using … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2018/12/31
12:45 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: 2018 Summary

Here I summarize Earth’s significant seismicity for 2018. I limit this summary to earthquakes with magnitude greater than or equal to M 6.5. I am sure that there is a possibility that your favorite earthquake is not included in this … Continue reading →

Posted in africa, alaska, arctic, asia, atlantic, caribbean, cascadia, collision, earthquake, education, geology, Indonesia, landslides, mediterranean, mexico, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction, Transform, tsunami, volcanoes

2018/12/28
11:47 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Philippines

Earlier there was an earthquake in the Philippines. This magnitude M = 7.0 earthquake is related to the subduction zone that forms the Philippine trench (where the Philippine Sea plate subducts beneath the Sunda plate). Here is the USGS website … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2018/12/20
11:08 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Bering Kresla / Pacific plate

We just had a large earthquake in the region of the Bering Kresla fracture zone, a strike-slip fault system that coincides with the westernmost portion of the Aleutian trench (which is a subduction zone further to the east). At first, … Continue reading →

Posted in alaska, asia, earthquake, education, Extension, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip, subduction, Transform, tsunami

2018/11/25
1:49 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Iran

This morning (my time) there was a possibly shallow earthquake in western Iran with a magnitude of M = 6.3. This earthquake occurred in the aftershock zone of the 2017.11.12 M 7.3 earthquake. Here is my report for the M … Continue reading →

Posted in asia, College Redwoods, collision, earthquake, education, europe, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip

2018/11/11
12:49 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Mid Atlantic Ridge

There was a M = 6.8 earthquake along a transform fault connecting segments of the Mid Atlantic Ridge recently. The Mid Atlantic Ridge is an extensional plate boundary called an oceanic spreading ridge. Oceanic crust is formed along these types … Continue reading →

Posted in atlantic, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip, Transform

2018/10/22
9:50 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Explorer plate

Last night I had completed preparing for class the next day. I was about to head to bed. I got an email from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center notifying me that there was no risk of a tsunami due to … Continue reading →

Posted in cascadia, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip, Transform