Here is an aftershock that appears to be past the end of the subduction zone. The people who work in this region have not extended the subduction zone this far. I look forward to seeing the focal mechanism for this…
M8 Santa Cruz Isles earthquake tsunami hazard diminishing
At least for the west coast of the US and Hawaii, the tsunami hazard potential is diminishing. The tsuami watch for Hawaii has been removed and locally measured wave heights (Solomon Isles) are under 1 m. Locally destructive and dangerous.…
M8 Santa Cruz Isles: tsunami measured
In California, an informational statement has been issued: PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 625 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2013 …THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/…
M8 in the Santa Cruz Islands region (Vanuatu subduction zone, New Hebrides trench)
M8 Earthquake following a couple weeks of increased seismic activity in the region. located at the northern end of this subduction zone. Here is a map of the subduction zone: Here is the USGS web page for the earthquake. Here…
new paper on dynamic controls of seismicity
here’s an interesting publicy available summary of a new paper (today) that discusses how our views of fault zone properties are changing. kelin wang (and others) have discussed this before (theory and model), but now we have a large earthquake…
Earth Magazine article about earthquake cycles
here is a short public “paper” talking about “Superquakes, supercycles, and global earthquake clustering: Recent research and recent quakes reveal surprises in major fault systems.”
AGU 2012 Sumatra Poster
Here is my poster for the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting. I discuss the sedimentary settings in Sumatra and Cascadia as they control turbidite deposition. Patton et al., 2012 (48 MB pdf file) Patton et al., 2012 (Low Resolution 7 MB…
nhess sumatra and cascadia paper
Here is the latest revision to my paper: Patton et al., 2012 I discuss how the different margin settings led to different sedimentary systems. Jason R Patton1, Chris Goldfinger1, Ann E. Morey1, Chris Romsos1, Brandi Black1, Yusuf Djadjadihardja2, Udrekh Udrekh2…
earthquake and tsunami hazard talk at CR Fort Bragg, 10/30/12
I will be giving a talk about earthquake and tsunami hazards of Mendocino County for the Personal Enrichment Learning Series at College fo the Redwoods, Mendocino Coast Campus. Refreshments at 5:30, talk starts at 6PM on 10/30/12 in room 114.…
College of the Redwoods Mendocino Coast Course Documentation Posted
I have posted the course documentation for the classes i am leading at the mendocino coast campus of the College of the Redwoods. Science.EarthJay.com