Recent USGS Significant Earthquakes- M 6.1 - 14km N of Golfito, Costa Rica 2018/08/21
- M 6.9 - 2km S of Belanting, Indonesia 2018/08/21
- M 6.6 - 50km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska 2018/08/21
- M 6.3 - 90km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska 2018/08/20
- M 6.3 - 250km SE of Iwo Jima, Japan 2018/08/20
- M 8.2 - 280km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2018/08/20
- M 4.4 - 7km NE of Aguanga, CA 2018/08/20
- M 6.3 - 6km NE of Sembalunlawang, Indonesia 2018/08/20
- M 6.9 - 0km SW of Loloan, Indonesia 2018/08/20
- M 6.4 - 5km WNW of Obelobel, Indonesia 2018/08/19
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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