Magnitude 6.4 #earthquake offshore #Vanuata 30 minutes ago (2023-07-26Z12:44). Signal on station IU.HNR (Honiara, Solomon Islands, obtained via #EarthScope)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000kvmq/executive
#earthquake #vanuata #earthscope
Magnitude 7.2 #earthquake south of the #Alaska Peninsula 45 minutes ago (2023-07-16Z06:48) Signal on station II.KDAK (Kodiak Island, Alaska) made available via #Earthscope and read and plotted using free #obspy software.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kg30/executive
#earthquake #alaska #earthscope #obspy
Magnitude 6.2 #earthquake off the North East coast of #Honshu, #Japan about 20 minutes ago (2023-03-28Z09:18:27)
Signal on station IU.MAJO (Matsushiro, Japan, available via #EarthScope and displayed using free @obspy software) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k09q/executive
#earthquake #honshu #japan #earthscope
Magnitude 5.6 #earthquake off the East coast of #Honshu #Japan 45 minutes ago (2023-03-22Z07:37)
Signal on station IU.MAJO (Matsushiro, Japan) obtained using @obspy software and data obtained via #Earthscope https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000jlw8/executive
#earthquake #honshu #japan #earthscope
Magnitude 4.4 #earthquake off the West coast of #Greenland a couple of hours ago (2023-03-21Z06:56:56)
Signal on station IU.SFJD (Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland, made available via #earthscope and viewed using free #obspy software)
High frequency signal so tectonic. Classical Pn, Pg, Sn, Lg sequence for regional signals (about 300 km away)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000jllc/executive
#earthquake #greenland #earthscope #obspy
Magnitude 5.1 #earthquake in northern Qinghai, #China 30 minutes ago (2023-02-03Z12:04)
Not an extraordinary event by any stretch of the imagination but the seismic waves along those paths in Asia fascinate me. Enormous surface waves relative to the body waves.
Signal on station IU.ULN (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, obained via #EarthScope using free @obspy software)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jl5t/executive
#earthquake #china #earthscope
Magnitude 5 #earthquake in #Alaska about an hour ago (2023-02-02Z14:48).
Signal on station AV.SPCN (Chakachatna North, Mount Spurr, Alaska, courtesy of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, obtained via #EarthScope using the @obspy software)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak0231itcv2l/executive
#earthquake #alaska #earthscope
Magnitude 6 #earthquake in the #Philippines 20 minutes ago (2023-02-01Z10:44).
Signal on station IU.DAV (Davao, Philippines, obtained via #EarthScope and @obspy software)
Very widely felt I would think.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jkpr/executive
#earthquake #philippines #earthscope
magnitude 5.8 #earthquake 20 minutes ago (2023-01-18Z10:08) on border between #Turkey and #Iran Signal on station IU.GNI (Garni, obtained via #EarthScope) using @obspy software. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j56z/executive
#earthquake #turkey #iran #earthscope
Magnitude 7 #earthquake offshore #Indonesia in the Molucca Sea 40 minutes ago (2023-01-18Z06:06) signal on station IU.DAV (Davao, Philippines) obtained via #EarthScope Check #tsunami updates on https://www.tsunami.gov/ - currently says "Tsunami Threat" but at this size the threat will be mostly local.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j553/executive
#earthquake #indonesia #earthscope #tsunami
Magnitude 4.9 #earthquake in the roof of the world about 30 minutes ago (2023-01-17Z06:19). On the spreading ridge at 82 degrees North. Signal on station DK.NOR on #Greenland courtesy of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and data obtained from #earthscope You can see an aftershock about 7 minutes after the main quake.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j4u9/executive
#earthquake #greenland #earthscope
Little (M3.6) #seismic event in #NorthKorea a couple of hours ago (2023-01-08Z16:28) - on the South West coast (i.e. a long way from the nuclear test site - but any event within the country's borders raises an eyebrow).
Excellent signal on station IU.INCN in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) at a distance of ~50 km - available via #EarthScope
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j304/executive
#seismic #NorthKorea #earthscope
Magnitude 7.2 #earthquake on #Vanuatu about 20 minutes ago (2023-01-08Z12:32) Signal on station IU.CTAO (Charters Towers, Australia) Could be dangerous. Check https://www.tsunami.gov/ for #tsunami information Current status at time of writing is "Tsunami Threat" https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00ro62ul/executive
Data obtained via #EarthScope
#earthquake #vanuatu #tsunami #earthscope
Happy New Year, everyone!
Is one of your 2023 resolutions to learn more about #earthquakes, #tectonics, #geophysics and the #earth in general?
Visit the new #Earthscope Consortium website at:
https://www.earthscope.org/
This site has something for everyone, including researchers and students of all ages.
Geophysical data from around the world, free software for analyzing data, information and lessons learned from recent large earthquakes and so much great educational material!
#earthquakes #tectonics #geophysics #earth #earthscope