Category Archives: plate tectonics

2018/09/28
4:56 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

Well, around 3 AM my time (northeastern Pacific, northern CA) there was a sequence of earthquakes including a mainshock with a magnitude M = 7.5. This earthquake happened in a highly populated region of Indonesia. This area of Indonesia is … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, Indonesia, plate tectonics, strike-slip, tsunami

2018/09/11
10:34 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Kermadec

The earthquakes continue, every day. Today, there was a large earthquake associated with the subduction zone that forms the Kermadec Trench. This earthquake was quite deep, so was not expected to generate a significant tsunami (if one at all). There … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, New Zealand, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2018/09/05
9:07 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Hokkaido, Japan

Following the largest typhoon to strike Japan in a very long time, there was an earthquake on the island of Hokkaido, Japan today. There is lots on social media, including some spectacular views of disastrous and deadly landslides triggered by … Continue reading →

Posted in asia, College Redwoods, collision, earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2018/08/28
10:09 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Loyalty Islands

The earthquakes continue, every day. Today, there was a large earthquake along the southern New Hebrides Trench. Today’s M 7.1 earthquake happened along one of the more active subduction zones in the world. The hypocentral (3-D location) depth of ~26 … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2018/08/24
9:43 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Deep in Peru

Busy week! Still Got to this intermittently today and it is fine that it took me a while to get this report together. One might ask “why?”. Well, this earthquake, while having a large magnitude, was quite deep. Because earthquake … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics

2018/08/22
4:13 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Blanco fracture zone

As I was getting ready for school today, I noticed the M 6.2 notification from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. People can sign up for the USGS ENS so that they can get emails when the USGS broadcasts this information. … Continue reading →

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

2018/08/21
5:31 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Venezuela

Busy week! We just had a M 7.3 earthquake in northern Venezuela. Sadly, this large earthquake has the potential to be quite damaging to people and their belongings (buildings, infrastructure). The northeastern part of Venezuela lies a large strike-slip plate … Continue reading →

Posted in caribbean, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics

2018/08/21
2:30 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Alaska Update

Thanks to Jamie Gurney, I took a looksie at the Kaktovik earthquake sequence again. He had interpreted this sequence to possibly represent an extensional step over in a right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip tectonic fault system. I do not include much background … Continue reading →

Posted in alaska, arctic, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip

2018/08/19
11:01 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Lombok, Indonesia

Well well. After a pretty seismically quiet first half of 2018, we have been catching up rapidly. The ultra deep Great Earthquake in Fiji. And now the Lombok sequence continues. The inhabitants and tourists in the Lombok, Indonesia region have … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, Indonesia, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction

2018/08/18
9:23 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Fiji

WOW We just had a Great Earthquake in the region of the Fiji Islands, in the central-western Pacific. Great Earthquakes are earthquakes with magnitudes M ≥ 8.0. This earthquake is one of the largest earthquakes recorded historically in this region. … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction