A couple days ago there was a magnitude M 7.0 earthquake in western China. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000lsze/executive This earthquake happened in a remote area of China with a low population density. While the earthquake was relatively shallow (about 25 km or 15…
Flood Report: 2024 January Northern California
Often I feel FOMO (fear of missing out) when I am out of town for work and there is a large storm as I would be missing the opportunity to observe some extreme weather. I was traveling for work in…
Earthquake Report: M 7.5 in Japan
Last night (my time) as I was winding down, I heard my phone go ‘tinggggg.’ A few moments later I got up and learned of a M 7.5 earthquake offshore of the west coast of Japan. This place has had…
Earthquake Report: M 7.2 Alaska
This is a brief report that includes an interpretive poster and a plot of tide gage data that show a tsunami generated by this M 7.2 earthquake. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kg30/executive I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report.…
Earthquake Report: M 7.6 offshore of the Philippines
This morning (my time) I was awakened by the tsunami notification that I get on my phone. I lept into action. I get tsunami notifications so that I can respond to these potential tsunami events that may impact the coast…
Earthquake Report: Banda Sea
The other evening (my time) I and many others noticed a series of earthquakes in the Banda Sea region. As is typical, people want as much information about these earthquakes as possible as soon as possible. There were two quakes…
Earthquake Report: M 6.9 Papua New Guinea
Early this morning my time, there were several earthquakes in and offshore of Papua New Guinea. The two main earthquakes are magnitude M 6.7 and 6.9. 2023.10.07 M 6.7: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ldqd/executive 2023.10.07 M 6.9: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ldqf/executive There are several different interpretations for…
Earthquake Report: M 6.8 Morocco
This evening (my time) there was an earthquake in Morocco. Magnitude 6.8, rather shallow, reverse or thrust (compressional) mechanism. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kufc/executive This M 6.8 earthquake happened in the Atlas Mountains, a compressional system with south dipping reverse faults on the north…
Earthquake Report: Kantō, Japan
Today marks 100 years since the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem911526/executive I am putting together the basics and will update over the next few months. This earthquake generated strong ground shaking, triggered landslides, induced liquefaction, generated tsunami, and (sadly) caused…
Earthquake Report: M 7.1 Indonesia
Yesterday on my way home from a Phil & Graham Lesh show, I got a tsunami notification alert from the National Tsunami Warning Center. There was a magnitude M 6.9 earthquake offshore of Indonesia and there was no tsunami threat…