Recent USGS Significant Earthquakes- M 6.7 - 269km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia 2018/10/19
- M 6.0 - 40km NNE of Sumberanyar, Indonesia 2018/10/19
- M 7.5 - 78km N of Palu, Indonesia 2018/10/18
- 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
- M 6.3 - 170km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia 2018/10/16
- M 6.7 - 263km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2018/10/12
- M 6.5 - 148km S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia 2018/10/11
- M 5.9 - 21km WNW of Ti Port-de-Paix, Haiti 2018/10/10
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Earthquake Report: Channel Islands Update #1
Well well. There was lots of interest in this M 5.3 earthquake offshore of Ventura/Los Angeles, justifiably so. Southern California is earthquake country. Here is an update. There was lots of information that I was trying to incorporate and I … Continue reading
Posted in collision, earthquake, education, geology, los angeles, pacific, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip
Earthquake Report: Channel Islands
I was finally getting around to writing a report for the deep Bolivia earthquake (Bolivia report here), when a M 5.3 earthquake struck offshore of the channel islands (south of Santa Cruz Island, west of Los Angeles). As is typical … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, los angeles, pacific, plate tectonics, San Andreas, strike-slip, Transform
Earthquake Report: Bolivia!
A couple days ago there was a deep focus earthquake in the downgoing Nazca plate deep beneath Bolivia. This earthquake has an hypocentral depth of 562 km (~350 miles). We are still unsure what causes an earthquake at such great … Continue reading
Posted in earthquake, education, geology, pacific, plate tectonics, subduction