Category Archives: 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

2018/08/16
12:43 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

Well, yesterday while I was installing the final window in a reconstruction project, there was an earthquake along the Aleutian Island Arc (a subduction zone) in the region of the Andreanof Islands. Here is the USGS website for the M … Continue reading →

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

2018/08/12
3:11 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: northern Alaska

Well, I awakened shortly after this M 6.4 earthquake hit the northern part of Alaska, along the north Slope, north of the Brooks Range. My inbox has had a lower frequency of USGS ENS notifications since Kilauea has settled down … Continue reading →

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

2018/08/07
12:18 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Lombok, Indonesia: Update #1

Yesterday morning, as I was recovering from working on stage crew for the 34th Reggae on the River (fundraiser for the non profit, the Mateel Community Center), I noticed on social media that there was an M 6.9 earthquake in … Continue reading →

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

2018/07/29
11:39 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Blanco fracture zone

Well, so exciting to have more earthquakes to write about! This summer has been a low seismic summer. The entire year actually. There was an earthquake within the Gorda plate a few days ago, but these M 5.3 and M … Continue reading →

Posted in cascadia, earthquake, education, Extension, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip

2018/07/28
8:36 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Lombok, Indonesia

Earlier today there was a shallow M 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. With a hypocentral depth of about 7.5 km, this size of an earthquake can be quite damaging. The USGS PAGER estimate of … Continue reading →

Posted in australia, collision, earthquake, education, geology, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction