Tag Archives: focal mechanisms

Why did North Carolina experience a magnitude 5.1 earthquake yesterday?

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Chris Rowan

The location of this earthquake seems a little odd because North Carolina is about as far as it’s possible to get from an active plate boundary – thousands of km from the mid-Atlantic spreading ridge to the east and the … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geology, structures, tectonics

Friday focal mechanisms

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Chris Rowan

A brief summary of the past two week’s significant earthquakes, and their tectonic context. Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geophysics