Swarm offshore Vancouver Island punctuated by M6.4 earthquakeearthquakeinsights.substack.com A combination of oceanic transforms and a small deforming plate makes M6+ earthquakes common here
Dr. Judith Hubbard
Plate tectonics to earthquakes & everything in between. Currently Visiting Asst Prof @CornellEAS; prev @ EOS_SG, Caltech, Harvard. Mom (x3). Read my earthquake newsletter: earthquakeinsights.substack.com
M6.7 earthquake strikes between South Africa and Antarcticaearthquakeinsights.substack.com A remote but fairly large transform fault earthquake beneath the Southern Ocean
M7.2 earthquake in southern Peru causes minor damageearthquakeinsights.substack.com Preceded by foreshock activity starting on June 16
M6 earthquake beneath northern Venezuela was felt up to 700 km awayearthquakeinsights.substack.com Part of a dense, deep cluster of seismicity associated with a lithospheric tear
M4.3 earthquake on Maacama Fault rattles Northern Californiaearthquakeinsights.substack.com An evolving fault that both creeps and quakes
Why are some faults so creepy?earthquakeinsights.substack.com We dive into a new Nature paper that makes a surprising claim about why some faults slide all the time, while others get stuck.
M5.8 earthquake strikes Noto Peninsula, Japanearthquakeinsights.substack.com An aftershock, or another event emerging from the swarm?
M5.9 earthquake shakes Simeulue, Indonesiaearthquakeinsights.substack.com A moderate event in a gap between two recent great earthquakes
M5.1 earthquake shakes Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombokearthquakeinsights.substack.com Possible aftershock of the 2018 M6.9+M6.9 earthquake doublet
M4.9 earthquake at the Cierro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexicoearthquakeinsights.substack.com A moderate earthquake in a huge geothermal energy field
M6.4 earthquake shakes coast of Mexico, Guatemalaearthquakeinsights.substack.com Normal-mechanism event in the sinking Cocos slab at the Middle America Trench
M5.6, M5.4 earthquakes strike south of Hualien, Taiwanearthquakeinsights.substack.com A possible reinvigoration of the swarm? Maybe not.
M5.7 earthquake in the Leyte Gulf, Philippinesearthquakeinsights.substack.com Enigmatic event in an already complicated tectonic region
Seismic swarm near southern tip of April 3 M7.4 in Taiwanearthquakeinsights.substack.com Disquieting seismic sequence raises questions about evolving hazard
Central Turkey shaken by unusual M5.6 earthquakeearthquakeinsights.substack.com Not related to the major earthquakes on Feb. 6, 2023
Southern Japan shaken by M6.4 earthquakeearthquakeinsights.substack.com A new earthquake joins the menagerie of Bungo Channel seismicity
Earthquake precursors? Not so fast.earthquakeinsights.substack.com Real, useful, or wishful thinking? Let's deep-dive the paper.
The great tidal earthquake hypothesis test part IV: Can tides warn us of upcoming large earthquakes?earthquakeinsights.substack.com We re-examine claims of precursory tidal triggering before large earthquakes.
M4.8 New Jersey earthquake shakes New Englandearthquakeinsights.substack.com Largest earthquake in the region in 140 years
Deadly M7.4 earthquake strikes Taiwanearthquakeinsights.substack.com Largest event in the country in over 20 years