Category Archives: Transform

2019/05/14
9:20 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: New Ireland

This region of Earth is one of the most seismically active in the past decade plus. This morning, as I was preparing for work, I got an email notifying me of an earthquake with a magnitude M = 7.5 located … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, Extension, geology, landslides, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip, subduction, Transform, tsunami

2019/05/12
4:21 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Panamá

There was just now an earthquake beneath Panamá. The major plate boundary in the region is a subduction zone (convergent plate boudary) where the Cocos and Nazca plates dive northwards beneath the Caribbean plate forming the Middle America trench (MAT). … Continue reading →

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

2019/04/05
11:38 PM
by: Jay Patton

18 April 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Today is the anniversary of the 18 April 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. There are few direct observations (e.g. from seismometers or other instruments) from this earthquake, so our knowledge of how strong the ground shook during the earthquake are limited … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, geology, los angeles, pacific, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip, Transform

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

2018/12/20
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

2018/11/11
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

2018/04/05
4:33 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Channel Islands

I was finally getting around to writing a report for the deep Bolivia earthquake (Bolivia report here), when a M 5.3 earthquake struck offshore of the channel islands (south of Santa Cruz Island, west of Los Angeles). As is typical … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, education, geology, los angeles, pacific, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip, Transform

2018/03/08
12:43 PM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: New Ireland!

We had an M 6.8 earthquake near a transform micro-plate boundary fault system north of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea today. Here is the USGS website for this earthquake. The main transform fault (Weitin fault) is ~40 km to the … Continue reading →

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

2018/01/23
11:41 AM
by: Jay Patton

Earthquake Report: Gulf of Alaska!

I was asleep in bed, trying to catch up to prevent myself from getting ill, when there was a large earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska (GA), offshore of Kodiak, Alaska. When I wakened, I noticed a fb message from … Continue reading →

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