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Category Archives: strike-slip
Earthquake Report: 1989 Loma Prieta!
Well, I prepared this report for the 30th anniversary of the 18 Oct 1989 Loma Prieta M 6.9 earthquake in central California, a.k.a. the World Series Earthquake (it happened during the 1989 World Series game at Candlestick Park in San … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, San Andreas, San Francisco, strike-slip, Transform, Uncategorized
Earthquake Report: Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Around the beginning of the month, I was helping get a fundraiser prepared for a weekend concert series (audio crew for load in and strike; stage manager during the show). So, I was away from the computers when there was … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip, subduction
Earthquake Report: Ridgecrest Update #3 Literature Review
I have reviewed a small portion of the literature for the tectonics of the northern Eastern California shear zone, Owens Valley fault, Garlock fault, etc. I have a basic knowledge of this region and have attended several Pacific Cell Friends … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip, Transform
Earthquake Report: Ridgecrest Update #2
Summary of Reports for the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence The original Earthquake Report for this widely felt sequence is here. The update #1 Earthquake Report for this widely felt sequence is here. The update #2 Earthquake Report for this widely felt … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip
Earthquake Report: Ridgecrest Update #1
Summary of Reports for the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence The original Earthquake Report for this widely felt sequence is here. The update #1 Earthquake Report for this widely felt sequence is here. The update #2 Earthquake Report for this widely felt … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, San Andreas, strike-slip
Earthquake Report: Ridgecrest, CA
Summary of Reports for the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence The original Earthquake Report for this widely felt sequence is here. The update #1 Earthquake Report for this widely felt sequence is here. The update #2 Earthquake Report for this widely felt … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip
Earthquake Report: Indonesia
I had been making an update to an earthquake report on a regionally experienced M 5.6 earthquake from coastal northern California when I noticed that there was a M 7.3 earthquake in eastern Indonesia. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us600044zz/executive This earthquake is in a … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, Indonesia, New Zealand, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip, Transform
Earthquake Report: Mendocino triple junction
Well, I was on the road for 1.5 days (work party for the Community Village at the Oregon Country Fair). As I was driving home, there was a magnitude M 5.6 earthquake in coastal northern California. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73201181/executive I didn’t realize … Continue reading
Posted in cascadia, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, gorda, HSU, humboldt, mendocino, mendocino, pacific, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip, subduction, Transform
Earthquake Report: San Clemente Island
Well, yesterday was the start of a sequence of earthquakes offshore of San Clemente Island, about 100 km west of San Diego, California. The primary tectonic player in southern CA is the Pacific – North America plate boundary fault, the … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip
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