Recent USGS Significant Earthquakes- M 3.8 - 9km NNE of Alum Rock, CA 2018/04/19
- M 6.8 - 11km NNE of Carandayti, Bolivia 2018/04/18
- M 5.3 - 29km SW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA 2018/04/17
- M 4.5 - 27km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma 2018/04/17
- M 4.6 - 20km W of Perry, Oklahoma 2018/04/14
- M 6.2 - 54km SW of Ovalle, Chile 2018/04/13
- M 6.3 - 88km WSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea 2018/04/09
- M 4.4 - 17km W of Humboldt Hill, CA 2018/04/04
- M 6.9 - 151km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2018/04/03
- M 6.3 - 150km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2018/04/01
- Paleoseismicity
- Trembling Earth
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- 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
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Napa Earthquake Update
There have been a swarm of geologists running around Napa taking photos and documenting evidence from the earthquake swarm on Sunday. Here is my first post about this earthquake swarm, with the M 6.0 earthquake being the largest magnitude earthquake. … Continue reading
Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, San Andreas
Napa Earthquake!
Social media was abuzz today about the M 6.0 earthquake in Napa. Here is the USGS webpage for the M 6.1 earthquake. This earthquake, and the aftershocks, have epicenters that lie between the Rogers Creek and Green Valley fault systems. … Continue reading
Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics, San Andreas
Earthquake swarm in western Iran
Here we find an earthquake swarm in western Iran. The convergence between the Afica and Indo-Australia plates with the Eurasia plates is evidenced by the subduction zone along Sumatra and Java, the uplift of the Himalayas, the fold and thrust … Continue reading
Posted in College Redwoods, earthquake, education, geology, plate tectonics