Well, there was an earthquake about 6 hours ago in Burma. This M 6.8 earthquake was rather deep, which is good for the residents of that area (the ground motions diminish with distance from the earthquake hypocenter). Here is the…
Earthquake Report: Japan!
There continue to be earthquakes probably related to the 2011.03.11 Tohoku-Oki M 9.0 earthquake (the 4th largest earthquake recorded on modern seismologic instruments). Here are two excellent summary Earthquake Report pages associated with this region: The original Earthquake Report for…
Earthquake Anniversary: M 7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake
An anniversary is for the Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake from 1 year ago. I have several Earthquake Reports listed below. These include a variety of observations and comparisons with historic and prehistoric earthquakes that I compiled. USGS slip models: http://earthjay.com/?p=2478 First…
Earthquake Report: Japan Update #2
Here is an update to the seismicity from the past couple of days in Kyushu Japan. On 2016/04/14 there was an earthquake with magnitude M 6.2 that initiated this series of earthquakes. The largest aftershock was a magnitude M 6.0.…
Earthquake Report: Kyushu, Japan!
As I was preparing an aftershock map for yesterday’s earthquake, an earthquake with a magnitude of M = 7.0 happened. This turns all other earthquakes into foreshocks, though this terminology may not really be important (foreshock vs aftershock). The M…
Earthquake Report: Kyushu, Japan!
We just had a shallow depth earthquake in Japan along a strike-slip fault. Here are the USGS websites for the larger earthquakes in this region for today. 2016.04.14 M 6.2 2016.04.14 M 6.0 2016.04.14 M 5.3 Below is the Earthquake…
Earthquake Report: Kamchatka!
A couple weeks ago, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of M 6.4 and today there was an earthquake with a magnitude of M 5.7. I had not put together a report for the M 6.4, so this report…
Earthquake Report: Burma!
Here is my preliminary earthquake report. There was an earthquake with a magnitude of M 6.9 in Burma. Here is the USGS web page for this earthquake. Based upon the modeling, this appears to likely be a very damaging earthquake…
Earthquake Report: Japan!
Today there was an earthquake offshore of southern Japan. Here is the USGS website for the M 6.0 earthquake. It is difficult to tell if this earthquake was on the megathrust or not. Below is my interpretive map. I plot…
Earthquake Report: Sumatra!
We just had a M = 7.8 earthquake southwest of the Island of Sumatra, a volcanic arc formed from the subduction of the India-Australia plate beneath the Sunda plate (part of Eurasia). Here is the USGS website for this earthquake.…