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Category: plate tectonics (page 22)

Earthquake Report: Macquarie – New Zealand

Posted on: February 15, 2016 Last updated on: February 15, 2016 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 2
There was an earthquake along the plate boundary between the Australia plate to the west and the Pacific plate to the east, just south of New Zealand. Here is the USGS website for this M 6.2 earthquake. Yesterday on 2015/02/14…
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Earthquake Report: New Zealand!

Posted on: February 14, 2016 Last updated on: February 14, 2016 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 2
Early on Valentines, those in New Zealand got a valentine from mother Earth. Here is the USGS website for this M 5.8 earthquake, which was felt broadly across the region. This earthquake, and an M 4.1 aftershock, occurred in the…
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Earthquake Report: Chile!

Posted on: February 9, 2016 Last updated on: February 9, 2016 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 2
The aftershocks from the 2015.09.16 M 8.3 Chile earthquake continue. Today was an earthquake with magnitude M = 6.3. Here is the USGS website for today’s earthquake. I presented a comprehensive review of Chile’s historic seismicity, as well as the…
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Earthquake Report: Taiwan Update #1

Posted on: February 6, 2016 Last updated on: November 9, 2022 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
People have been busy documenting the damage from the M 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan. Here is my initial Earthquake Report for this earthquake. Here are a couple news sources on the damage. There appears to be a few large buildings…
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Earthquake Report: Taiwan!

Posted on: February 5, 2016 Last updated on: November 9, 2022 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 2
We just had an earthquake in southern Taiwan. Here is the USGS website for this M 6.4 earthquake. In April 2015, there was a series of earthquakes in the northeast of Taiwan. Here is my earthquake report for those earthquakes.…
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Earthquake Report: Kamchatka!

Posted on: January 29, 2016 Last updated on: January 30, 2024 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 2
We just had an earthquake located along the Kamchatka Peninsula. Here is the USGS website for this M 7.2 earthquake. This earthquake was fairly deep and approximately east of a large and very deep earthquake from 2013. Here is my…
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Earthquake Animation: Gorda Plate 1900-2016 M >+ 4.5

Posted on: January 29, 2016 Last updated on: January 29, 2016 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 0
Following the earthquake pair today, I put together an animation showing the seismicity for this region between 1900 and 2016.01.30. I searched the USGS NEIC database for earthquakes of magnitude greater than or equal to M = 4.5. Here is…
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Earthquake Report: Gorda!

Posted on: January 29, 2016 Last updated on: January 30, 2024 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 6
There was just a pair of earthquakes near the Gorda rise. There was first an earthquake of magnitude M = 5.0, followed by a M = 4.9. The 5.0 appears to be within the GP, but the 4.9 seems to…
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Cascadia subduction zone: 316 years ago tonight!

Posted on: January 26, 2016 Last updated on: January 26, 2024 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 27
In commemoration of the last known Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, I present a summary background material here. Since last years commemoration, there have been a few additions. I made some updates on 2018.01.26. Most notably was a pair of articles…
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Earthquake Report: Mediterranean!

Posted on: January 24, 2016 Last updated on: January 24, 2016 Written by: Jay Patton Comments: 2
We just had a M 6.1 earthquake and a few aftershocks (M 4-5) in the western Mediterranean, Here is the USGS website for this earthquake. Here is a map showing the 5 largest earthquakes as circles. There is a legend…
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