Earthquake Report: Mid Atlantic Ridge

There was a M = 6.8 earthquake along a transform fault connecting segments of the Mid Atlantic Ridge recently. (now an M 6.7) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000hpim/executive The Mid Atlantic Ridge is an extensional plate boundary called an oceanic spreading ridge. Oceanic crust…

Earthquake/Landslide/Tsunami Report: Donggala Earthquake, Central Sulawesi: UPDATE #1

We continue to learn more each day as people collect additional information. Here is my initial Earthquake Report for this M 7.5 Donggala Earthquake. In short, there was an earthquake with magnitude M = 7.5 on 2018.09.28. Minutes after the…