Jason R. Patton @earthjay@qoto.org

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.5 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

@USGS_Quakes ground failure models suggest moderate chance for triggered landslides % high likelihood for induced liquefaction

2018 report has tectonic background https://earthjay.com/?p=7719

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.5 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

Felt intensity MMI 6
@USGS_Quakes one pager suggest low casualties and modest damage

2018 report has tectonic background https://earthjay.com/?p=7719

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive

#EarthquakeReport 2023 Annual Summary

This is a map showing '23 #Earthquakes with Earthquake Reports

read annual review here:
https://earthjay.com/?page_id=11680

#EarthquakeReport 2023 Annual Summary

This is a plot showing cumulative energy release for '17-'23 #Earthquakes magnitude M>6.5
'23 released slightly more energy than '22
largest magnitude M 7.8 in #Turkiye

read annual review here:
https://earthjay.com/?page_id=11680

#EarthquakeReport 2023 Annual Summary

This is a table for '23 #Earthquakes magnitude M>6.5

read annual review here:
https://earthjay.com/?page_id=11680

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2020 M 6.4 #Earthquake in #Croatia

right-lateral strike-slip earthquake
largest magnitude earthquake recorded on modern instruments in Croatia
@USGS_Quakes models show high chance for landslides/liquefaction

read report here
https://earthjay.com/?p=9667

#EarthquakeReport for M6.3 #Gempa #Earthquake in #PapuaNewGuinea

Compressional (reverse) earthquake mechanism
@USGS_Quakes model shows chance for earthquake induced liquefaction

Read earlier report for tectonic background https://earthjay.com/?p=7193

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00s6hpbe/executive

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2018 M 7.0 #Lindol #Earthquake offshore of the #Philippines

possibly along megathrust subduction zone fault but maybe intraplate within Philippine Sea plate
historical analogues
generated a #Tsunami

read report here
https://earthjay.com/?p=8086

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2016 a pair of M5.6 #Earthquakes in #Nevada

along the Walker Lane in the region of the Mina deflection

read report:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4689

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for #OTD in 2004 M 9.15 ##Gempa #Earthquake offshore of #Sumatra #Indonesia

led to almost 1/4 million fatalities, most from the #Tsunami
we learned much from this so we can prevent future suffering

read 2017 report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4674

Foreshortened mother
Chillin with forethickened daughter

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for #OTD in 2016 M 7.9 #Earthquke offshore of #Bougainville & #NewIreland #PapuaNewGuinea

generated local #Tsunami
felt intensity MMI 9

learn more about regional tectonics:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4596

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M 6.5 #Gempa #Earthquake offshore of #Java #Indonesia

strike-slip earthquake in subducting Australia plate

read report here
https://earthjay.com/?p=6602

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M 4.3 #Earthquake in northern #California

seismicity between main fault strands (San Andreas and Maacama) of the Pacific/North America plate boundary

learn about the San Andreas fault system in report:
https://earthjay.com/?p=6593

got my poster done #WorkInProgress Quaternary Stratigraphy of Eel River

presenting this on Friday at #AGU23 #AGU2023 @theAGU

i posted it online here (to download or view the high resolution version, which may be updated slightly before it gets printed): https://earthjay.com/?page_id=802

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M 6.4 and 6.3 #Earthquakes offshore of #YapIsland #Micronesia

interesting strike-slip earthquakes within Caroline plate, possibly right-lateral (?), along the Caroline Ridge

learn about the fascinating tectonics here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=5997

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2018 M 6.5 #Earthquake offshore of northern #California

right-lateral strike-slip earthquake on Mendocino fault
felt by yours truly onshore

learn about the Mendocino triple junction:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4567
w/report update
https://earthjay.com/?p=4571

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for #OTD in 2016 M 7.8 #Earthquake in the #SolomonIslands

probably subduction megathrust interface event
tsunami plots from Stuart Weinstein

read report
https://earthjay.com/?p=4580

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for #OTD in 2018 M 7.5 #Earthquake offshore of #NewCaledonia #LoyaltyIslands

maybe related to 8/29/18 M7.1
extensional (normal) "outer rise" type earthquake
triggered M6.6 earthquake
generated modest tsunami

read report:
https://earthjay.com/?p=8036

well, all day i have had it in my mind that the mag was M 7.4 and that is what i wrote for the ground failure and intensity interpreti e posters.

they are updated online and here is a tweet showing them.

here is the #EarthquakeReport:

https://earthjay.com/?p=11611