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Spooky seismic action at a distance: moderate earthquakes in western US cause submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico

This is such a cool study, and such an interesting result! Earthquakes triggering landslides is not a surprise, but surface waves from a magnitude 5.5 earthquake in the Gulf of California triggering a landslide in the Gulf of Mexico (1500 … Continue reading →

Proof of earthquake triggering in Christchurch? Not so fast…

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Chris Rowan

When a magnitude 6.3 earthquake scored an almost direct hit on Christchurch in February, I discussed the possibility that rather than being a simple aftershock of

Categories: earthquakes, tectonics

The many faces of earthquake triggering

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Can large earthquakes beget more large earthquakes? It’s an easy question to ask, but much more difficult to answer. Depending on the distance from, and time since, the initial earthquake, the processes that may result in ‘seismic triggering’ are very … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, tectonics