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Category Archives: atlantic
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
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
Earthquake Report: Mid Atlantic Ridge (Chain fracture zone)
If there was an earthquake in the middle of the ocean, and nobody felt it… would it still be an earthquake? Maybe we need to get the Karl Popper out for a good read… There was a good sized shaker … Continue reading
Posted in atlantic, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, strike-slip, Transform
Earthquake Report: Equatorial Mid Atlantic Ridge
Between my trip to southern Oregon for a talk on Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami hazards and preparing for a talk on the tectonic contribution to sea-level rise, there were two earthquakes. The first one, which I will write … Continue reading
Posted in atlantic, earthquake, education, geology, HSU, plate tectonics, Transform
Earthquake Report: Scotia plate (S. Atlantic)
There was a large thrust earthquake along the Scotia plate today. Here is the USGS website for this M 7.4 earthquake. This is a very interesting region of the world with a very cool history. There is an east verging … Continue reading
Posted in atlantic, earthquake, education, geology, HSU, plate tectonics, subduction, tsunami