Jay Patton online - The Center, Body, and Range of Technically Defensible Interpretations. The CBD of TDI.

Getting ready for the cruise!

2016.11.09 Getting ready for the cruise! My main research cruise blog page is here: http://humboldt-jay.blogspot.com. We will be heading to sea to search for submarine landslide deposits called turbidites. There are several ways that these landslides can be triggered. Earthquakes…

Earthquake Report: Laytonville (northern CA)!

This morning there was another earthquake in northern CA between the San Andreas (SAF) and Maacama faults (MF). This region has been active for the past few years, with earthquakes in the M 3-4 range. Most recently, there was a…

Earthquake Report: Maule, Chile!

This morning there was a moderate sized earthquake below the megathrust in Chile. Here is the USGS website for this M 6.4 earthquake. Based upon the hypocentral depth, this appears to be along the megathrust fault (an “interface” event). However,…

Earthquake Report: Laytonville, CA

Last night we had an earthquake between the Maacama faults and the San Andreas fault. This region has experienced several earthquakes recently, which makes me think that there may be an unmapped fault there (there is no hydrothermal or oil…

Earthquake Report: Oregon

We just had an earthquake with an epicenter that plots near Warrenton, Oregon (at the northwesternmost tip of Oregon, near the mouth of the Columbia River). Here is the USGS website for this M 3.5 earthquake. Even though it is…

Earthquake Report: Italy Update #1!

Here is an update to the #EarthquakeReport for the M 6.6 earthquake that hit Italy early this morning my time. Ironically, I was preparing a report for earthquakes in the western Pacific for my class when this M 6.6 earthquake…

Earthquake Report: Italy!

There was just another earthquake in Italy. This one is a larger magnitude M = 6.6. This region has been especially seismically active since August 2016. Here are the USGS websites and Earthquake reports for this region of Italy. 2016.08.23…

Earthquake Report: Mendocino fault!

Yesterday there was an earthquake along the eastern extension of the Mendocino fault system. This magnitude M = 4.1 earthquake (here is the USGS website for this earthquake) is a small magnitude, but it was widely felt. I was in…

Earthquake Report: Tyrrhenian Sea!

There was just a very deep earthquake along a small subduction zone in the Mediterranean Sea. This subduction zone is formed along the southern coast of Italy where the Ionian plate subducts to the north. This subduction zone is part…

Earthquake Report: Italy

Italy continues to shake following the Armatrice Earthquake series in August 2016. Here is my report for that series of earthquakes. Today’s earthquakes occurred along the northern end of the earthquakes that happened a few months ago. Today’s series started…

Jay Patton online (page 25) — The Center, Body, and Range of Technically Defensible Interpretations. The CBD of TDI.