Monthly Archives: December 2013

2013/12/17
11:15 AM
by: Jay Patton

Landslide or Fault Tip?

there were some early reports that used the fault tip movement as a measure of the slip on the fault during the 11 march 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. amazing measurements made with hi res bathy data. i saw a phenomenal 3-D … Continue reading →

Posted in earthquake, geology, plate tectonics, subduction, tsunami

2013/12/17
10:21 AM
by: Jay Patton

M 4.1 Gorda plate 2013/12/17

Good Morning Humboldt County! This earthquake awakened me early today after just a couple hours sleep. Very exciting and another wake up call to make sure I am prepared for a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. The Cascadia subduction zone is … Continue reading →

Posted in cascadia, College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, humboldt, plate tectonics, subduction

2013/12/02
1:52 AM
by: Jay Patton

Simuelue Swarm 2013/12/01-02

Here is a series of earthquakes in the region of the 2005 great Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone earthquake. These earthquake epicenters plot very close to the epicenter of the 2005 earthquake. The island just northwest of today’s earthquake is named Simeulue. … Continue reading →

Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, subduction, sumatra