Recent USGS Significant Earthquakes- M 5.1 - 18km S of Fern Acres, Hawaii 2018/05/22
- M 3.5 - 3km ENE of Oakland, CA 2018/05/22
- M 6.9 - 19km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii 2018/05/21
- M 4.5 - 11km N of Cabazon, CA 2018/05/18
- M 6.1 - 64km NNW of Pandan, Philippines 2018/05/16
- M 6.2 - 36km NW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan 2018/05/16
- M 3.9 - 13km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA 2018/05/12
- M 5.4 - 9km SW of Fern Acres, Hawaii 2018/05/09
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Category Archives: mexico
Earthquake Report: Gulf of California
Today we had an earthquake with magnitude M 6.3 in the Gulf of California (GOC). The GOC is formed by transtension (extension along a strike-slip fault system) along the North-America-Pacific plate boundary. Transtension happens when the plate motion across a … Continue reading
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Earthquake Report: Chiapas Earthquake Update #2
Well, we had a really interesting earthquake today. There was a M 6.1 earthquake in the North America plate (NAP) to the north of the sequence offshore of Chiapas, with the M 8.1 mainshock. Here is the USGS website for … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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