Jason R. Patton @earthjay@qoto.org

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2010 M 7.0 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake in #Haiti

triggered landslides and turbidity currents
humanitarian disaster

report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=9178

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2018 M 6.0 #Earthquake in #Burma

reverse/thrust (compressional) mechanism

read report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=6872

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2018 M 7.5 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake along the Cayman trough

left-lateral strike-slip earthquake
generated a #Tsunami

read report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=6842

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M 6.0 #Earthquake in the #Arctic

earthquake allows us to learn more about the tectonics in this region
analogy event in 1987

read short report:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4897

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2023 M 7.0 #Earthquake offshore of #Vanuatu

related to subduction zone, a convergent plate boundary system
@USGS_Quakes models show high chance for landslides and liquefaction

tectonic background interpretive poster here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=10727

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2020 M 6.4 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake offshore of #PuertoRico

extensional (normal) earthquake
generated vertical land deformation
triggered a tsunami

read report:
https://earthjay.com/?p=9232

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M 5.4 #Earthquake offshore of #Canada

strike-slip earthquake along boundary of the Explorer plate

report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4790

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.5 #Earthquake along the Noto Peninsula, Japan

updated poster and tide gage plots
the Toyama tide gage recorded the largest size tsunami

report: https://earthjay.com/?p=11735

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.5 #Earthquake along the Noto Peninsula, #Japan

generated #Tsunami observed at tide gages and by video observers
@USGS_Quakes ground failure models suggest induced liquefaction and triggered landslides

report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=11735

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M7.5 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

Official tsunami observations from tsunami.gov

https://tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/2024/01/01/24001001/2/WEPA40/WEPA40.txt

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

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

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.5 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

Tsunami recorded in Toyama, Japan abt 1 meter wave height (peak to Trough)

Tectonic background in 2018 report
https://earthjay.com/?p=7719

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

#EarthquakeReport for M7.5 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

Reverse (Compressional) earthquake mechanism

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

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

#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 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 #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

#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