Author: Jay Patton (page 2)

Stand By: Earthquake Report in Progress ;-) A few weeks ago there was a magnitude M 7.1 earthquake to the southwest of today’s M 6.8 earthquake. I will describe both earthquakes a bit here. 11 July 2024 M 7.1: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000myfa/executive…

Well, as I was driving to town to pay a bill (as we all do), I got my alert of a M 4.5 (later changed to 4.9) earthquake in southern California. I immediately drove back to the office to prepare…

Today there was a magnitude M 7.4 earthquake near the border of Chile and Bolivia. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000n05d/executive https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake.php?id=1684754 It reminded me of an earthquake last month along the coast of Peru. I started working on a report and will follow up…

Just as my workday was wrapping up, I got my notification of an earthquake in Taiwan and, shortly thereafter, a call from my boss. There was a possibility of a tsunami, so I stay tuned in the case that I…

There was a large earthquake today in Papua New Guinea, magnitude M 6.9. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000mksx/executive There was a M 7.0 earthquake in a nearby location (albeit almost twice as deep as today’s M 6.9). Here is the report for that earthquake.…

A couple days ago there was a magnitude M 7.0 earthquake in western China. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000lsze/executive This earthquake happened in a remote area of China with a low population density. While the earthquake was relatively shallow (about 25 km or 15…

Last night (my time) as I was winding down, I heard my phone go ‘tinggggg.’ A few moments later I got up and learned of a M 7.5 earthquake offshore of the west coast of Japan. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive This place has…

This is a brief report that includes an interpretive poster and a plot of tide gage data that show a tsunami generated by this M 7.2 earthquake. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kg30/executive I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report.…

This morning (my time) I was awakened by the tsunami notification that I get on my phone. I lept into action. I get tsunami notifications so that I can respond to these potential tsunami events that may impact the coast…