{"id":11714,"date":"2023-12-31T06:49:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=11714"},"modified":"2023-12-31T06:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T06:54:25","slug":"earthquake-report-m-7-2-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=11714","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake Report: M 7.2 Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us7000kg30\/executive\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us7000kg30\/executive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that claims otherwise). I will try to describe the figures included in the poster, but sometimes I will simply post the poster here.<\/p>\n<p><H2><font color=\"orange\">Below is my interpretive poster for this earthquake<\/font><\/H2><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I plot the seismicity from the past month, with diameter representing magnitude (see legend). I include earthquake epicenters from 1923-2023 with magnitudes M \u2265 3.0 in one version. <\/li>\n<li>I plot the USGS fault plane solutions (moment tensors in blue and focal mechanisms in orange), possibly in addition to some relevant historic earthquakes. <\/li>\n<li>A review of the basic base map variations and data that I use for the interpretive posters can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=3218\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earthquake Reports page<\/a>. I have improved these posters over time and some of this background information applies to the older posters.<\/li>\n<li>Some basic fundamentals of earthquake geology and plate tectonics can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=8202\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Earthquake Plate Tectonic Fundamentals page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<H3><font color=\"orange\">I include some inset figures. <\/font><\/H3><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Here is the map with a month&#8217;s seismicity plotted.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/earthquakes\/20230716_alaska\/20230716_alaska_interpretation.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/earthquakes\/20230716_alaska\/20230716_alaska_interpretation.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Here are the tide gage data from Sand Point, Alaska.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/earthquakes\/20230716_alaska\/20230716_alaska_tide_gage_plot_sand_point.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/earthquakes\/20230716_alaska\/20230716_alaska_tide_gage_plot_sand_point.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<h2> <strong><font color=orange>Alaska | Kamchatka | Kurile<\/font><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>General Overview<\/h3>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5190\">Summary of the 1964 Earthquake<\/a><\/li>\n<h3>Earthquake Reports<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2023.07.16 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=11714\">M 7.2 Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2021.07.29 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=9849\">M 8.2 Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2020.10.19 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/earthquakes\/20201019_alaska\/20201019_alaska_interpretation.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M 7.5 Alaska<\/a> POSTER<\/li>\n<li>2020.07.22 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/earthquakes\/20200722_alaska\/20200722_alaska_interpretation.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M 7.8 Alaska<\/a> POSTER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2019.04.02 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=8415\">M 6.5 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019.03.26 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=8403\">M 5.2 Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2018.12.20 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=8052\">M 7.4 Bering Kresla<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018.12.20 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=8068\">M 7.3 Bering Kresla<\/a> UPDATE #1<\/li>\n<li>2018.11.30 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=8016\">M 7.0 Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018.08.15 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=7584\">M 6.6 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018.08.12 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=7555\">M 6.4 North Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018.08.12 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=7648\">M 6.4 North Alaska<\/a> UPDATE #1<\/li>\n<li>2018.01.23 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=6990\">M 7.9 Gulf of Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018.01.23 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=7019\">M 7.9 Gulf of Alaska<\/a> UPDATE #1<\/li>\n<li>2018.01.23 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=7038\">M 7.9 Gulf of Alaska<\/a> UPDATE #2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2017.07.17 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5607\">M 7.7 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017.07.17 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5625\">M 7.7 Aleutians<\/a> UPDATE #1<\/li>\n<li>2017.06.02 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5540\">M 6.8 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017.05.08 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5366\">M 6.2 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017.05.01 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5345\">M 6.3 British Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017.03.29 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5200\">M 6.6 Kamchatka<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017.03.02 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=5127\">M 5.5 Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2016.09.05 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=4303\">M 6.3 Bering Kresla<\/a> (west of Aleutians)<\/li>\n<li>2016.04.13 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M 5.7 &#038; 6.4 Kamchatka<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016.04.02 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3880\">M 6.2 Alaska Peninsula<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016.03.27 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3839\">M 5.7 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016.03.12 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3777\">M 6.3 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016.01.29 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3678\">M 7.2 Kamchatka<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016.01.24 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3589\">M 7.1 Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2015.11.09 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3195\">M 6.2 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015.11.02 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3143\">M 5.9 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015.11.02 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3147\">M 5.9 Aleutians (update)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015.07.27 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=2737\">M 6.9 Aleutians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015.05.29 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=2551\">M 6.7 Alaska Peninsula<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015.05.29 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=2559\">M 6.7 Alaska Peninsula (animations)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1964.03.27 <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=3833\">M 9.2 Good Friday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<H2><strong><font color=\"orange\">References:<\/font><\/strong><\/H2><\/p>\n<p><H3>Basic &#038; General References<\/H3><\/p>\n<li>Frisch, W., Meschede, M., Blakey, R., 2011. Plate Tectonics, Springer-Verlag, London, 213 pp.<\/li>\n<li>Hayes, G., 2018, Slab2 &#8211; A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model: U.S. Geological Survey data release, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5066\/F7PV6JNV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5066\/F7PV6JNV<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Holt, W. E., C. Kreemer, A. J. Haines, L. Estey, C. Meertens, G. Blewitt, and D. Lavallee (2005), Project helps constrain continental dynamics and seismic hazards, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(41), 383\u2013387, , <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005EO410002\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005EO410002<\/a>. \/li>\n<li>Jessee, M.A.N., Hamburger, M. W., Allstadt, K., Wald, D. J., Robeson, S. M., Tanyas, H., et al. (2018). A global empirical model for near-real-time assessment of seismically induced landslides. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123, 1835\u20131859. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2017JF004494\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2017JF004494<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kreemer, C., J. Haines, W. Holt, G. Blewitt, and D. Lavallee (2000), On the determination of a global strain rate model, Geophys. J. Int., 52(10), 765\u2013770. <\/li>\n<li>Kreemer, C., W. E. Holt, and A. J. Haines (2003), An integrated global model of present-day plate motions and plate boundary deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 154(1), 8\u201334, , <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1046\/j.1365-246X.2003.01917.x\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1046\/j.1365-246X.2003.01917.x<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Kreemer, C., G. Blewitt, E.C. Klein, 2014. A geodetic plate motion and Global Strain Rate Model in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 15, p. 3849-3889, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014GC005407\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014GC005407<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meyer, B., Saltus, R., Chulliat, a., 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/geomag\/emag2.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EMAG2: Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid (2-arc-minute resolution) Version <\/a>3. National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA. Model. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7289\/V5H70CVX\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7289\/V5H70CVX<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M\u00fcller, R.D., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C. and Roest, W.R., 2008, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthbyte.org\/people\/dietmar\/Pdf\/Muller_etal_age_rate_asym_G3_2008.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Age spreading rates and spreading asymmetry of the world&#8217;s ocean crust<\/a> in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9, Q04006, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2007GC001743\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2007GC001743<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pagani,M. , J. Garcia-Pelaez, R. Gee, K. Johnson, V. Poggi, R. Styron, G. Weatherill, M. Simionato, D. Vigan\u00f2, L. Danciu, D. Monelli (2018). Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Seismic Hazard Map (version 2018.1 &#8211; December 2018), DOI: 10.13117\/GEM-GLOBAL-SEISMIC-HAZARD-MAP-2018.1<\/li>\n<li>Silva, V ., D Amo-Oduro, A Calderon, J Dabbeek, V Despotaki, L Martins, A Rao, M Simionato, D Vigan\u00f2, C Yepes, A Acevedo, N Horspool, H Crowley, K Jaiswal, M Journeay, M Pittore, 2018. Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Seismic Risk Map (version 2018.1). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13117\/GEM-GLOBAL-SEISMIC-RISK-MAP-2018.1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13117\/GEM-GLOBAL-SEISMIC-RISK-MAP-2018.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zhu, J., Baise, L. G., Thompson, E. M., 2017, An Updated Geospatial Liquefaction Model for Global Application, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107, p 1365-1385, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/0.1785\/0120160198\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/0.1785\/0120160198<\/a><\/li>\n<p><H3>Specific References<\/H3><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><H2><font color=\"orange\"><strong>Return to the <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=3218\">Earthquake Reports page<\/a>.<\/font><\/strong><\/H2><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sorted by <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=3219\">Magnitude<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sorted by <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=3220\">Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sorted by <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=9351\">Day of the Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sorted By <a href=\"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?page_id=3226\">Region<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--\n\u00b0\n\u2265\n\u00d1\n\u00f6\n\u00e1\n\u00b1\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThis 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\u2019t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report.&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=11714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Earthquake Report: M 7.2 Alaska&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20230716_alaska_interpretation-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11714"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11724,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11714\/revisions\/11724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}