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Category: pacific

Earthquake Report: M 7.3 Tonga trench outer rise

Posted on: November 11, 2022 Last updated on: January 1, 2023 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
Early this morning I received some notifications of earthquakes along the Tonga trench (southwestern central Pacific Ocean). It was about 2am my local time. I work on the tsunami program for the California state tsunami program (CTP) and we respond…
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Earthquake Report: M 6.0 northeast Pacific Ocean

Posted on: November 2, 2022 Last updated on: January 1, 2023 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that…
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Tsunami Report: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcanic Eruption & Tsunami

Posted on: January 15, 2022 Last updated on: July 14, 2023 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
I will be filling this in over the next few days and wanted to start collating social media materials for this event. There was a large volcanic eruption in the Tonga region. This eruption was observable from satellites and has…
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Earthquake Report: M 8.2 near Perryville, Alaska

Posted on: August 2, 2021 Last updated on: August 2, 2021 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
A few days ago, I was passed out on my couch (sleep apnea) and for some reason I awoke and noticed that I had gotten a CSEM notification of a large earthquake offshore of Alaska. Well, after looking into that,…
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Earthquake Report: Tōhoku-oki Earthquake Ten Years Later

Posted on: March 10, 2021 Last updated on: August 15, 2024 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
This year we look back and remember what happened ten years ago in Japan and across the entire Pacific Basin. There are numerous web experiences focused on this type of reflection. Here is a short list, some of which I…
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Earthquake Report (and Tsunami) Oaxaca, Mexico

Posted on: June 24, 2020 Last updated on: June 25, 2023 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks. On 18 June, here was a M 7.4 earthquake in the Pacific plate along the Kermadec trench north of New Zealand which generated a small tsunami, even though it was a…
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Earthquake Report: Gorda Rise

Posted on: May 30, 2020 Last updated on: May 30, 2020 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
It was a busy week (usual, right?). The previous week I was working on getting a house remodel done so someone could move in (they have been sleeping on couches for 6 months, so want to get them in asap).…
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Earthquake Report: Mendocino triple junction

Posted on: March 18, 2020 Last updated on: March 18, 2024 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
Well, it was a big mag 5 day today, two magnitude 5+ earthquakes in the western USA on faults related to the same plate boundary! Crazy, right? The same plate boundary, about 800 miles away from each other, and their…
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Earthquake Report: Salt Lake City

Posted on: March 18, 2020 Last updated on: March 18, 2024 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
As I was waking up this morning, I rolled over to check my social media feed and moments earlier there was a good sized shaker in Salt Lake City, Utah. I immediately thought of my good friend Jennifer G. who…
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Earthquake Report: Mendocino fault

Posted on: March 9, 2020 Last updated on: March 9, 2020 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
I was in Humboldt County last week for the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group meeting. I stayed there working on my house that a previous tenant had left in quite a destroyed state (they moved in as friends of mine).…
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