Archive - Earthquake Insights

Updates on the Kamchatka earthquake

Tsunamis, satellite observations, aftershocks, slip patterns, and more

20 hrs ago •

Judith A Hubbard

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July 2025

A first look at the Mw8.8 Kamchatka earthquake

Contextualizing our most recent great earthquake

Jul 30 •

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Judith A Hubbard

M8.8 earthquake strikes offshore Kamchatka

A dangerous subduction megathrust ruptures once again

Jul 30 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M7.4 earthquake strikes the Kamchatka Peninsula

Questions about megaquake advisories, revived?

Jul 20 •

Judith A Hubbard

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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in the Shumagin Gap, Alaska

Another exciting strike-slip earthquake in a classic subduction setting

Jul 17 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M6.7 strike-slip earthquake strikes beneath the Weber Deep

Strange stresses in the downgoing slab, revealed by earthquake moment tensors

Jul 15 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Earthquake swarm rattles the Japanese Ryukyu islands

Two weeks of nearly continuous seismicity

Jul 2 •

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June 2025

M6.3 earthquake shakes Colombia

A shallow thrust event of the Eastern Cordillera

Jun 8 •

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May 2025

Remarkable video captures fault slip in the Myanmar earthquake

We deep dive the possibilities presented by a witnessed rupture

May 28 •

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Judith A Hubbard

M4.1 earthquake rattles Tennessee

One of many earthquakes in the enigmatic Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone

May 10 •

Judith A Hubbard

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Earthquakes in west Texas

A post documenting continuing seismicity in this mainly anthropogenic seismic zone

May 5 •

Judith A Hubbard

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Unusual M7.4 earthquake strikes south of South America

Thrusting below the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage

May 3 •

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