wowo, busy tonight. here is a pretty big quake http://earthjay.com/earthquakes/20130523_sea_okhotsk/sea_okhostk_20130523_2300.PNG the kuril trench has been active (subduction zone where the pacific plate subducts beneath the north america plate) and the yellow and orange dots in my map show recent quakes…
2013 Kinetic Madness Celebration
Please come to my Twelfth Annual Kinetic Madness Celebration THIS SAT AT NOON: manila beach bungalo. i have been celebrating the kinetic sculpture race since i moved to manila in 1996. the race rides directly in front of my house…
Draft Dissertation is online
I have placed my dissertation online here The main dissertation is a single document, but there are additional appendices that are separate links. I will defend my work at 2PM on Wed. May 29, 2013 in Burt Hall Room 193.…
4/29/31 HSU Dept. Geology Student Colloquium
Here is the page for this presentation, though the links below work also. PowerPoint: Here is the PowerPoint from this talk about Seismoturbidite Chronostratigraphy and Slope Stability offshore Sumatera, Indonesia: HSU Student Colloquium PowerPoint (110 MB) These videos are in…
Paper Published: Seismoturbidite record as preserved at core sites at the Cascadia and Sumatra–Andaman subduction zones”
My paper has recently been published online and open source. Please find this here. This paper is part of a Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences special issue on submarine paleoseismology. Seismoturbidite record as preserved at core sites at the…
another large aftershock M7
Here is a large aftershock M7 near the island closest to the mainshock M8. USGS site page Here is a summary poster of the tectonics in the region: USGS site page USGS poster (68MB pdf)
Interesting aftershock to the M8 Santa Cruz Isles earthquake
Here is an aftershock that appears to be past the end of the subduction zone. The people who work in this region have not extended the subduction zone this far. I look forward to seeing the focal mechanism for this…
M8 Santa Cruz Isles earthquake tsunami hazard diminishing
At least for the west coast of the US and Hawaii, the tsunami hazard potential is diminishing. The tsuami watch for Hawaii has been removed and locally measured wave heights (Solomon Isles) are under 1 m. Locally destructive and dangerous.…
M8 Santa Cruz Isles: tsunami measured
In California, an informational statement has been issued: PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 625 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2013 …THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/…
M8 in the Santa Cruz Islands region (Vanuatu subduction zone, New Hebrides trench)
M8 Earthquake following a couple weeks of increased seismic activity in the region. located at the northern end of this subduction zone. Here is a map of the subduction zone: Here is the USGS web page for the earthquake. Here…