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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…

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…

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