#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
#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
#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.4 #Lindol #Earthquake offshore of #Mindanao #Philippines
compressional (thrust) earthquake
generated tsunami
@USGS_Quakes models suggest high chance for liquefaction
triggered slip near interface (?)
report here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=11611
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