Recent USGS Significant Earthquakes- M 6.8 - 197km SW of Port Hardy, Canada 2018/10/23
- M 4.0 - 15km NNE of Amarillo, Texas 2018/10/23
- M 6.5 - 223km SW of Port Hardy, Canada 2018/10/23
- M 6.6 - 218km SW of Port Hardy, Canada 2018/10/22
- M 7.5 - 78km N of Palu, Indonesia 2018/10/22
- M 6.0 - 40km NNE of Cungapmimbo, Indonesia 2018/10/22
- M 5.9 - 21km WNW of Ti Port-de-Paix, Haiti 2018/10/20
- M 6.7 - 269km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia 2018/10/19
- M 7.0 - 120km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2018/10/17
- M 6.4 - 167km E of Tadine, New Caledonia 2018/10/16
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Category Archives: caribbean
Earthquake Report: Venezuela
Busy week! We just had a M 7.3 earthquake in northern Venezuela. Sadly, this large earthquake has the potential to be quite damaging to people and their belongings (buildings, infrastructure). The northeastern part of Venezuela lies a large strike-slip plate … Continue reading
Posted in caribbean, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics
Earthquake Report: Cayman Trough!
Just a couple hours ago there was an earthquake along the Swan fault, which is the transform plate boundary between the North America and Caribbean plates. The Cayman trough (CT) is a region of oceanic crust, formed at the Mid-Cayman … Continue reading
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Earthquake Report: Guatemala
There was a really cool earthquake sequence a few days ago on and offshore of Guatemala. Offshore of Guatemala in the Pacific Ocean, the Cocos plate subducts beneath the North America and Caribbean plates (NAP & CP). The transform plate … Continue reading
Posted in caribbean, earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, strike-slip, subduction