Category Archives: earthquakes

Friday Focal Mechanism

The earthquake that particularly caught my eye this week occurred on Tuesday off the coast of Mexico: This focal mechanism is pure strike-slip: that is, it is the result of two sides of a fault moving laterally past each other, … Continue reading

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Friday(ish) Focal Mechanisms: Samoa’s hidden rupture

How what we thought was one great earthquake turned out to be two, or possibly even three, at the same time. Continue reading

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Friday Focal Mechanisms: Haiti, revisited

The new research that acquits the Enriquillo Fault of causing the Haiti earthquake. Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, structures, tectonics

Friday-ish focal mechanisms

A brief note on Thursday’s earthquake in Wyoming Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards

Friday(ish) Focal Mechanisms

An exciting seismic week in the Papua New Guinea region. Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, tectonics