Schematic of location of Nov 30 Anchorage earthquake. Image courtesy Temblor.net
Intro: I wrote this some 12 months ago, a couple months after our M7.1 intraplate earthquake here in Anchorage. This seems a good time to revisit what happened and why. As usual, there are more questions afterwards than before. Cheers –
Aerial view of Mayotte: Petite Terre, with Grande-Terre in the background. Aug. 2018. (© Gil40100, via tripadvisor.com)
On the morning of November 11, just before 9:30 UTC, many seismographs around the world began scribbling a strange signal that looked only remotely like a normal earthquake. Someone spotted it, and it didn’t take long until, in the social media, tinhattery boiled over the rim and attention-seekers had a heyday. Continue Reading
Mount Ararat. Greater Ararat is on the right. Lesser Ararat is on the left. https://www.pinterest.com/arminepan/mount-ararat/
Schematic of low velocity zone http://www.iris.edu/hq/files/workshops/2012/06/docs/scihi/WebPages/0006.html
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