Recent USGS Significant Earthquakes- M 6.4 - 85km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu 2017/09/20
- M 7.1 - 5km ENE of Raboso, Mexico 2017/09/20
- M 3.6 - 5km NW of Westwood, CA 2017/09/20
- M 3.8 - 12km ENE of Albion, Illinois 2017/09/20
- M 5.3 - 15km E of Soda Springs, Idaho 2017/09/20
- M 8.1 - 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico 2017/09/20
- M 3.3 - 3km NNE of East Foothills, California 2017/09/20
- M 6.3 - 109km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 2017/09/20
- M 4.3 - 12km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma 2017/09/16
- M 5.1 - 29km ENE of Kuysinjaq, Iraq 2017/09/13
- Paleoseismicity
- Date change: Technical Workshop on Internet Macroseismology in Ljubljana, Slovenia, now from 14-15 November, 2017
- 5th International Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes, Paleoseismology, Neotectonics and Seismic Hazard, 11-13 October, 2017, Hannover, Germany
- Papers on harbours & archaeoseismology in the Med
- Trembling Earth
- Goldfinger
- Landslide Blog
- American Geophysical Union
- Cascadia GeoSciences
- Cascadia GeoSciences 2012/05/23
- Jay’s Research Cruise Blog
- Last Night on the R/V Tangaroa 2016/11/21
- Sunset 2016/11/19
- Earthquake Response Cores 2016/11/18
Category Archives: mexico
Earthquake Report: Puebla, Mexico Update #1
Well, the responses of people who are in the midst of a deadly disaster have been inspiring, bringing tears to my eyes often. Watching people searching and helping find survivors. This deadly earthquake brings pause to all who are paying … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, Extension, geology, mexico, plate tectonics, subduction
Earthquake Report: Chiapas, Mexico Update #1
Well, after about 4 hours sleep, my business partner woke me up to talk about the fire alarms we were installing in a rental (#safetyfirst). Now that I have had some breakfast, I here provide some additional observations that people … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, mexico, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction, tsunami
Earthquake Report: Chiapas, Mexico
While I was spending time with my friend Steve Tillinghast (he is getting married on Saturday), there was a Great Earthquake offshore of Chiapas, Mexico. This is one of four M 8 or greater earthquakes ever recorded along the subduction … Continue reading
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Earthquake Report: East Pacific Rise and Middle America Trench
Yesterday we had an earthquake along the Clipperton fracture zone (CFZ), a transform plate boundary that offsets the northern East Pacific Rise (EPR). I was busy grading so did not get to this until today. Here are the four large … Continue reading
Posted in College Redwoods, geology, HSU, mexico, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip, subduction, Transform, Uncategorized
Earthquake Report: Rivera fracture zone, Mexico!
We just had an earthquake offshore of Colima, Mexico. This earthquake appears associated with the Rivera fracture zone (RFZ), a transform plate boundary separating the Rivera plate to the north and the Pacific plate to the south. The RFZ connects … Continue reading
Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, HSU, mexico, strike-slip, Transform