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Here I present a poster for the M 7.6 Aomori Prefecture, Japan Earthquake. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000rtdt/executive This earthquake slipped along the megathrust subduction zone just north of the region that slipped during the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake. There was a small tsunami observed…

Here I present a poster for the M 7.0 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake in Yukon Territory/Alaska. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000rsy1/executive This earthquake slipped along a fault that connects the Queen Charlotte/Fairweather fault system with the Totschunda fault (that slipped in 2002). This fault is…

Here I present a poster for the M 6.9 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake in Yukon Territory/Alaska. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000rdrz/executive This earthquake slipped along a fault that may be related to the Philippine fault (a strike-slip fault. The mechanism is strike-slip and because of…

It looks like I did not write up much for this earthquake initially. Here is the USGS website for this (now) M 7.6 earthquake in the Drake Passage: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000rgf4/executive This appears related to an earlier earthquake in the region. But…

Earlier this week, I was wrapping up some work, getting ready to go home to work some more (a pending deadline!). There was a magnitude M 4.5 earthquake offshore. However, it was too far offshore to meet criteria for reporting,…

A few days ago there was an earthquake at the beginning of my day. I noticed as I had received a message from the National Tsunami Warning Center. I went online and found that there was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake…

Yesterday my team was bringing to fruition weeks of planning (with lots of this preparation taking place in the last week) for a retirement celebration for Nick and my boss, Rick Wilson. Rick retired in Dec 2024 after 34 years…

As I was working on a report for this M 6.7 earthquake, the 28 March 2025 M 7.7 Sagaing fault earthquake hit. Here is the USGS page for the M 6.7 earthquake. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pmem/executive So, for now, here is a brief…

This afternoon my time, there was a large earthquake in the Caribbean. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pcdl/executive This magnitude M 7.6 earthquake happened along a right-lateral transform plate boundary, the Swan Island fault. At transform plate boundaries, the plates moves side-by-side. The USGS earthquake…