{"id":2119,"date":"2015-01-29T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T19:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2015-01-29T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T19:29:25","slug":"mendocino-fault-aftershocks-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=2119","title":{"rendered":"Mendocino fault Aftershocks: Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aftershocks continue following the Mw 5.7 mainshock<\/a> earthquake swarm along the Mendocino fault. Yesterday<\/a> I plotted my interpretation for the location of the fault that this swarm may have ruptured upon. Some epicenters have been relocated and appear to better align with the fault that I placed on my map.
\nHere is the map from this morning, updated at 9:22 AM local time. We just had a Mw 4.3 aftershock. If you felt it (or not!), please go here <\/a>to report your observations. I have not edited the fault lines that I had plotted yesterday. You can compare this map with the map below, which I made around 9 PM last night.
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\nHere is the map from last night, for comparison. Note how some epicenters have aligned more closely to the faults that I drew on the map yesterday. At first, I thought there might be an off-fault triggered swarm along a conjugate fault that strikes north-south. There are three epicenters on the eastern region of this swarm. However, since the locations have been updated (see above map), there is now only one of these off-fault epicenters remaining. So, it was my imagination.
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