Earthquake
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Earthquake Time Bombs by Robert Yeats
Posted by Greg Laden on March 1, 2016 
The Great San Francisco Earthquake(s) On October 8th, 1865, the “Great San Francisco Earthquake” hit south of the city of San Francisco, magnitude 6.3. On October 21st, 1868, the ‘Great San Francisco Earthquake” hit near Haywards, east of the city, across the bay, magnitude 6.8. On April 18th, 1906, the “Great San Francisco Earthquake” hit…
Disaster! Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2012 
I’m reading Disaster!: A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes by John Withington, who also wrote about other disastrous things such as disasters specific to London. It is a couple of years old (and thus does not include the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami). This is more of a reference book than a…
There has been a large earthquake in Mexico
Posted by Greg Laden on March 20, 2012 The 7.6 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck 120 miles east of Acapulco. There are no details yet. UPDATE: With a bit of time passing, it is starting to look like a lot of stuff got shook-up, but there was not a lot of significant damage anywhere.
Keep track of the Earth’s seismic activity
Posted by Greg Laden on February 2, 2010 Seismic Monitor Earthquakes In The Last Week USGS
The Rundown on Mount Rainier
Posted by Greg Laden on September 25, 2009 Mount Rainier (14,410 ft) has lately attracted a small amount of attention because of what is considered by some an increase in seismic activity there, so I thought it might be nice to get a baseline description of this volcano for those of you interested in such things. For scientifically accurate information and interesting discussion…
Big Earthquake in Mexico, and a smaller one
Posted by Greg Laden on August 3, 2009 Updated” The USGS gives details of two earthquakes in the Baja region, Mexico. At UTC 18:33 a 5.0 quake seems to have occurred at 28.931°N, 113.022°W, which is in the Gulf of California (a.k.a. Sea of Cortez) near and south of the island Angel de la Guarda. The second and larger quake, a 6.0 (preliminary)…
NASA researching California fault system
Posted by Greg Laden on June 18, 2009 I just got this massive continental plate sized press release from JPL. Below the fold. – – – – – the fold – – – –
Photosynth Prototype
Posted by Greg Laden on April 12, 2009 While you are waiting for the easter bunny:
Earthquake Triggering of Mud Volcanoes
Posted by Greg Laden on February 10, 2009 A quick note for those of you interested in mud volcanoes (and I know there are many of you). From an article titled “Earthquake Triggering of Mud Volcanoes” by Magna et al we learn that … Mud volcanoes sometimes erupt within days after nearby earthquakes. The number of such nearly coincident events is larger than…
Yellowstone Earthquakes Return
Posted by Greg Laden on January 11, 2009 Just as unexpectedly as when the last swarm started, and just as unexpectedly as when the last swarm stopped, there is a new swarm. Verifying my initial statement: At least at some levels, the experts don’t have much of a clue about these things. Not their fault. It’s just that there is not that much…