Monthly Archives: August 2014

2014/08/26
11:32 AM
by: Jay Patton

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

2014/08/24
3:38 PM
by: Jay Patton

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

2014/08/18
9:59 AM
by: Jay Patton

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