Mexican Earthquakes: Chain Reaction or Coincidence?
One chance in 30,000 sounds small until you compare it to one in a million
Impactados y sacudidos desde el suelo: Reporte de un testigo de la Ciudad de México
Por Germán Acosta Cervantes, Traductor al Español de Temblor
Shocked and shaken to the ground: An eyewitness report from Mexico City
Germán Acosta, Temblor’s Spanish translator, tells what it was like experiencing Tuesday’s M=7.1 earthquake in Mexico City
How well will Earthquake Early Warning work? (Reader Poll)
We have to accept the idea that several times a year, we’ll get an alert when shaking is very light
¿Están relacionados los dos terremotos principales de México? y ¿qué podría suceder después?
Una pregunta persiste en todas nuestras mentes, sobre si el terremoto de M=8.1 en Chiapas, de alguna forma, desencadenó el sismo de M=7.1, doce días después y a 600 km (360 mi) de distancia.
Are Mexico’s two major earthquakes related, and what could happen next?
Based on coulomb stress calculations, the two events are likely unrelated
Terremoto de M=7.1 ocasiona el colapso de edificios en la Ciudad de México en el 32do aniversario de un mortal sismo de M=8.0
El terremoto de M=7.1 de hoy, en el sur de la Ciudad de México, resultó en un daño importante a lo
largo de la ciudad.
Los Angeles’ seismic risk highlighted by last night’s M=3.6 earthquake
The location of last night’s earthquake along the Santa Monica fault zone is susceptible to M=6.8 earthquakes.
M=3.3 earthquake shakes San Jose
Today’s earthquake struck along the Hayward Fault, which has a 33% chance of rupturing in a M=6.7+ earthquake by 2043, according to the USGS.
Earthquake swarm continues to rattle southeastern Idaho
This region in Idaho could experience up to a M=7.3 earthquake
Did Mexico dodge a bullet in last week’s M=8.1 earthquake?
Had last week’s earthquake been shallower or to the northwest or southeast the effects could have been catastrophic.
M=8 earthquake strikes offshore Mexico
The USGS estimates that economic losses could exceed $1 billion
M=5.1 earthquake strikes northern Iraq
Today’s earthquake caused moderate damage close to the epicenter.
Could a solar eclipse cause an earthquake?
Is the alignment of the moon a key to unlocking when large earthquakes will occur?
M=4.5 earthquake in Portugal recalls memories to great 1755 quake
Today’s M=4.5 earthquake struck just north of the capital city of Lisbon.
M=6.4 Sumatra earthquake a possible aftershock of a 2007 M=8.4 quake
Despite the earthquake’s magnitude, it did not cause any major damage.
Deep M=6.2 earthquake in the Philippines causes evacuations in Manila
Only light shaking was felt in the capital city of Manila.
Significant damage following M=6.5 Chinese earthquake in area stressed by deadly 2008 Wenchuan quake
So far, there are 19 confirmed fatalities from the earthquake in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan.
M=5.5 earthquake shakes Chile’s capital city of Santiago
This morning’s earthquake was widely felt throughout the capital city which is home to over 7 million people.
M=5.3 earthquake strikes East Africa Rift
Yesterday’s M=5.3 earthquake struck underneath Lake Edward in western Uganda.
San Juan, Argentina earthquake a reminder of the region’s devastating seismic history
Since 1944, there have been two large, damaging earthquakes around the city of San Juan
Which fault ruptured in the M=6.6 Kos-Bodrum earthquake?
While the fault that ruptured in last week’s Kos-Bodrum earthquake is still up for debate, we now know that the M=7.7 earthquake in the Commander Islands ruptured the Bering Fault Zone
Μ = 6.6 σεισμός κοντά σε ελληνικά και τουρκικά τουριστικά θέρετρα πιθανώς διέρρηξε το ρήγμα της Gökova
Το ελληνικό νησί της Κω υπέστη σοβαρές ζημιές στο σεισμό της 21ης Ιουλίου M = 6.6.
Bodrum’daki deprem büyük ihtimalle Gökova Fayı üzerinde oldu
Deprem Bodrum’un 600 yillik deprem sessizligini bitirdi
M=6.6 earthquake near Greek and Turkish tourist hotspots likely ruptured the Gökova Fault
The shock ended 600 years of seismic sleep at the ancient castle town
Earthquake offshore of Japan shakes crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Today’s M=5.8 earthquake is likely a late aftershock of the 2011 M=9.0 Tohoku quake
Yesterday’s M=7.7 Kamchatka strike-slip earthquake was preceded by foreshocks
A M=6.2 earthquake struck approximately 12 hours prior to the M=7.7 earthquake off the Commander Islands
State redraws active fault strands in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica
New mapping performed by the California Geological Survey reveals several fault traces in Southern California.
M=4.2 earthquake in Oklahoma widely felt throughout Midwest
Today’s earthquake was felt in five states in the Midwest
M=6.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Papua New Guinea
This area in Papua New Guinea is highly seismically active due to subduction at the New Britain Trench.
A M=7 aftershock is 300 times more likely in the week after a M=7 mainshock in new study
The supercomputer simulations attempt to capture the role of ‘fault contagion’ in earthquake sequences, as an update to the official California seismic hazard model
Second large earthquake on Philippine Fault in four days
These two earthquakes give clues to the next earthquake in the ongoing Philippine sequence.
M=6.5 earthquake along Philippine Fault collapses buildings, taking lives and injuring hundreds
Today’s M=6.5 earthquake in the Philippines, along the Philippine Fault Zone, was the largest to strike the Leyte Province since 1998.
Rare M=5.8 Montana earthquake the largest to hit the region since the 1959 M=7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake
Today’s M=5.8 earthquake in western Montana was felt as far as Seattle and Portland, over 730 km away.
Réplica tardía de M=8.8 de 2010 del terremoto de Maule golpea costa afuera de Chile
El terremoto del día de ayer de M=5.9 costa afuera de Chile ocurrió en una región que sometida a estrés positivamente en el terremoto de Maule de 2010 de M=8.8
Late aftershock of 2010 M=8.8 Maule earthquake strikes offshore Chile
Yesterday’s M=5.9 earthquake offshore of Chile occurred in a region that was positively stressed in the 2010 M=8.8 Maule earthquake.
M=6.0 earthquake strikes coastal Ecuador
Today’s M=6.0 earthquake resulted in widespread shaking around Ecuador.
Greenland earthquake was a phantom, but the landslide and tsunami were real
Scientists now know that a tectonic event did not trigger the landslide and fatal tsunami in Greenland 11 days ago.
In progress seismic swarm west of Reno, Nevada
The active earthquake swarm west of Reno, Nevada is located in an area susceptible to M=6+ quakes
Weekend earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault mark tips of great historic quakes
The earthquakes over the weekend, occurred at the tips of quakes in 1906 and 1812.
Sismo de M=6.8 frente a las Costas de Guatemala, nos recuerda sismos del pasado y posibles eventos futuros
A las 6:13 hora local, un sismo de magnitud M=6.8 ocurrió frente a la costa oeste de Guatemala, el cual fue fuertemente sentido en El Salvador y México
M6.8 earthquake frames Guatemala’s seismic past and future
Today’s M=6.8 earthquake off the coast of Guatemala is the second large earthquake to hit the country in the last eight days.
M=3.0 earthquake strikes near Berkeley, felt in Oakland and San Francisco
Today’s M=3.3 earthquake likely occurred on a structure associated with the Hayward Fault, which runs through the East Bay
Widely felt earthquake shakes Augusta, Georgia
Today’s M=3.2 earthquake was felt in Atlanta, over 200 km away
Earthquake in Greenland triggers fatal landslide-induced tsunami
While the earthquake over the weekend was tectonic in nature, Greenland also experiences glacial earthquakes.
M=4.4 earthquake highlights in progress seismic swarm in Yellowstone National Park
Yesterday’s M=4.4 earthquake was just 15-20 km from the epicenter of the 1959 M=7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
M=5.6 earthquake strikes Ecuador-Peru border
While today’s M=5.6 earthquake occurred on the subducting slab, shallow crustal quakes are also common in this region.
M=3.2 earthquake near southern tip of San Jacinto Fault
Yesterday’s earthquake occurred along the San Jacinto Fault, which is capable of M=7.5 earthquakes.
A seismic swarm in progress in Western Turkey, near Izmir
The ongoing seismic swarm in Western Turkey is in an area undergoing active continental extension.
An earthquake in the Arctic Circle
Today’s earthquake in Svalbard occurred in a region with almost no historical seismicity.
Small earthquake near the Big Bend of the San Andreas Fault
Yesterday’s earthquake occurred near a portion of the San Andreas Fault which has not ruptured since 1857.
Big Sur landslide highlights earthquake vulnerability of magnificent California coast
Big Sur, California faces similar vulnerabilities to Kaikoura, New Zealand, which was devastated in an earthquake last November.
前震序列伴隨規模5.0台灣中埔地震
當地時間5月24日台灣西南部發生一起芮氏式規模5.0地震。在該地震發生前的33小時内，當地陸續發生了一系列前震。
M=5.0 Taiwan earthquake preceded by foreshock sequence
Today’s M=5.0 earthquake in Taiwan was preceded by 5 foreshocks.
The San Andreas’ sister faults in Northern California
While the San Andreas shows almost not signs of seismic activity in Northern California, two of its sister faults show significant seismicity.
A seismic swarm in progress beneath the Seattle Fault
The recent seismic swarm took place beneath the Seattle Fault Zone, which is susceptible to large, damaging earthquake.