Initial Narrative Well, it has been a very busy week. I had gotten back from the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Chicago late Saturday night. I had one day to hang out with my cats before I was to…
Earthquake Report: M 6.1 Turkey
There was a damaging earthquake in Turkey yesterday, a magnitude M 6.1. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000irp8/executive The seismic hazards of this region of the Earth is dominated by a plate boundary fault, the North Anatolia fault (NAF). The NAF is a right-lateral strike-slip…
Earthquake Report M 7.0 Solomon Isles
The past couple of weeks have been busy from an earthquake perspective. There have been four M7 events. I am writing this report a few days late. But, better late than never! There was a magnitude M 7.0 earthquake offshore…
Earthquake Report: M 6.9 Sumatra
While I was travelling back from a USGS Powell Center Workshop on the recurrence of earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone, there was an earthquake (gempa) offshore of Sumatra. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000iqpn/executive There was actually a foreshock (more than one): https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000iq2d/executive I…
Earthquake Report: M 7.3 Tonga trench outer rise
Early this morning I received some notifications of earthquakes along the Tonga trench (southwestern central Pacific Ocean). It was about 2am my local time. I work on the tsunami program for the California state tsunami program (CTP) and we respond…
Earthquake Report: M 7.6 Earthquake in Mexico
I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that…
Earthquake Report: M 6.0 northeast Pacific Ocean
I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that…
Earthquake Report for M 6.9 Earthquake in Taiwan
I don’t always have the time to write a proper Earthquake Report. However, I prepare interpretive posters for these events. Because of this, I present Earthquake Report Lite. (but it is more than just water, like the adult beverage that…
Earthquake Report: M 7.6 Papua New Guinea
I was travelling to southern California to attend the annual meeting for the Southern California Earthquake Center. This was the first in person meeting since 2019, my first SCEC meeting. I had landed and was waiting for the luggage to…
Earthquake Report: M 6.9 Mid Atlantic Ridge
There have not been that many large earthquakes this year. This is good for one main reason, there is a lower potential for human suffering. Therefore, there are fewer Earthquake Reports for this year. This morning (my time) there was…