Given the paucity of great earthquakes in the region of the recent earthquake swarm along the subduction zone offshore or northern Chile, we are curious to know if there will be a large magnitude earthquake there. The seismologic record of…
Still kicking off some aftershocks in northern Chile
Here is the latest view of the seismicity associated with this earthquake swarm offshore northern Chile. I first mentioned this since I thought it was an interesting region to get some earthquakes. Read more about that on that first page.…
Indian Ocean M 5.4 2014/03/27
Good Morning! A very coolio M 5.4 earthquake in the northern Indian Ocean between the Ninetyeast Ridge and Sri Lanka. Here is the USGS webpage for this earthquake. This is interesting because it is northwest of a swarm of earthquakes…
Andaman Sea Swarm M 6.5
Here is a good sized earthquake swarm in the Andaman Sea. I am a little late posting this, I was otherwise detained. Here is the USGS webpage for the Mw 6.5 earthquake. The Andaman Sea is a region of back-arc…
Gorda plate earthquake animations
I have put together a couple animations of the earthquake epicenters preceding, during, and following the recent earthquake swarm in the Gorda plate. Here is the first page I put together for this M 6.8 earthquake. Here are some maps…
M 6.7 earthquake swarm in northern Chile! 2014/03/06
There was a really cool earthquake swarm in northern Chile. This swarm of earthquakes are at depths that places them near the subduction zone fault interface. This earthquake swarm is interesting for several reasons, the first of which is that…
M 5.2 Gorda plate earthquake 2014/03/13
This is a very cool earthquake! In the last few days, there was an earthquake swarm in the southeastern Gorda plate. This earthquake released accumulated strain along the faults in that region. A result of these earthquakes is that the…
M 6.4 in the south Sandwich Islands (mmmm sandwich) 2014/3/11
While we were all excited about the local Gorda earthquake, there was an another interesting M 6.4 strike slip earthquake in the region of a recent series of earthquakes in the Scotia Sea. Sometimes earthquakes change the local stress field…
Aftershocks from the M 6.8 Gorda plate earthquake
Here are some maps i have put together that show the accumulated aftershocks from the M 6.8 Gorda plate earthquake on Sunday night. There was one M 3.3 earthquake less than 30 minutes before the main shock. I draw the…
radio interview on KMUD, local news Monday 3/10/14
Carrie from KMUD news interviewed me for the local news broadcast on Monday 3/10/14 and rebroadcast the following morning. KMUD archives their local news online for one year. Here is a recording of the KMUD local news. My interview is…