M7

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

Unusual M7.4 earthquake strikes south of South America

Thrusting below the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage

May 3 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Further thoughts about the very long fault rupture in Myanmar

Seismic gaps and shallow slip

Apr 3 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Surface ruptures of the Myanmar M7.7 earthquake mapped from space

An extremely long rupture is confirmed

Apr 1 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Updates on the M7.7 Myanmar earthquake

An unusually long, possibly supershear rupture

Mar 30 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Catastrophic M7.7 earthquake caused by rupture of Sagaing Fault in Myanmar

Limited reporting thus far from Myanmar, but this is a big one

Mar 28 •

Judith A Hubbard

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Updates on the M7.1 earthquake in southern Tibet

Surface ruptures and satellite images show slip on west-dipping normal fault

Jan 9 •

Judith A Hubbard

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Deadly M7.1 earthquake strikes Tibet

Normal faulting in the high plateau

Jan 7 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Deadly Mw7.3 earthquake shakes Vanuatu

An intra-plate event along a noisy subduction zone

Dec 17, 2024 •

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Judith A Hubbard

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes offshore Cape Mendocino, California

Reports of shaking >1,000 km away.

Dec 6, 2024 •

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Judith A Hubbard

M7.1 strikes offshore Kamchatka - in an area that nucleated a M9 in 1952

We consider a hypothetical "megaquake advisory" system in Kamchatka

Aug 18, 2024 •

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Judith A Hubbard

M7.1 earthquake strikes southern Japan; megaquake advisory issued

An indication of elevated risk - but not a prediction

Aug 8, 2024 •

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Judith A Hubbard

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