Well, as I was driving to town to pay a bill (as we all do), I got my alert of a M 4.5 (later changed to 4.9) earthquake in southern California. I immediately drove back to the office to prepare…
Earthquake Report: M 7.4 Chile/Bolivia
Today there was a magnitude M 7.4 earthquake near the border of Chile and Bolivia. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000n05d/executive https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake.php?id=1684754 It reminded me of an earthquake last month along the coast of Peru. I started working on a report and will follow up…
Earthquake Report: M 7.4 Earthquake in Taiwan
Just as my workday was wrapping up, I got my notification of an earthquake in Taiwan and, shortly thereafter, a call from my boss. There was a possibility of a tsunami, so I stay tuned in the case that I…
Earthquake Report: M 6.9 Papua New Guinea
There was a large earthquake today in Papua New Guinea, magnitude M 6.9. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000mksx/executive There was a M 7.0 earthquake in a nearby location (albeit almost twice as deep as today’s M 6.9). Here is the report for that earthquake.…
Earthquake Report: M 7.0 China
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. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive This place has…
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…