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Jason "Jay" R. Patton
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i love paleoquakes, mud and sand, and dark chocolate, not always in the same order | CA Geol Survey Tsunami/Seismic Hazards | HSU/OSU grad | earthjay.com
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my background: marine geology, plate tectonics, and paleoseismology onshore & offshore

i prepare earthquake reports as part of my education and outreach program at earthjay.com

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#EarthquakeReport for M 6.8 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

Thrust (Compressional) earthquake mechanism
Megathrust subduction zone earthquake along the Interface
Possible local tsunami
Aftershock ? from 2011 M9.1

Read 2011 report earthjay.com?p=9773

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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“i am profoundly disappointed by NYS decision to approve the proposed NESE fracked-gas pipeline. This project was rejected three times in the past for failing to meet the state’s own water-quality standards, and nothing about the project has changed.”

nadler.house.gov/news/documen...
Nadler Statement on New York’s Approval of NESE Pipeline
nadler.house.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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The first push of the counter-offensive starts NOW!

Vote YES on Prop 50! 🗳️

Take your ballot to a polling place or a drop box in your county.

Ask your friends, family and neighbors if they’ve voted.

Find info and tools to help spread the word👇

open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
California Rises: Vote YES on Prop 50!
With one day left, voters can outsmart Trump’s election-rigging plan and lead the next blue wave.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Hurricane Melissa recently battered Jamaica and the Caribbean. Learn how hot seas led to a record-breaking storm in this new map from #MapsDotCom

ow.ly/vhNg50Xm4jK
#gischat 🌊🧪 #geogchat #geogsky
Hurricane Melissa Breaks Records
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica on October 28. It set records along the way.
ow.ly
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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If we let this slide, 2026 and 2028 are already fixed.
Not hypothetical. Not dramatic.
Rigged. On paper. Right now.
Vote like this is the last fair vote you get.

#CAVoteYesProp50
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
the economics of climate change denialism

it is not skepticism

other denialism is similar

spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Our preprint casting the ‘24 Noto EQ in the context of marine terrace record and nearshore bathymetry.
- EQ faults started slipping ~250ka
- They follow the -60m average coastline position
- On Sado Isl, a scarp at -60m reveals a dominant active fault
doi.org/10.31223/X53...
peer-reviewed soon… 🤞🏻
April 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.4 #Gempa #Earthquake in the #BandaSea #Indonesia

Left-lateral (?) Strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Within subducted Australia plate

Tectonic background in '23 report
earthjay.com?p=11546

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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"Magnetometers helped detect expansion zones, seismography helped with subduction zones. What clinched it was Satellite Laser Ranging, a product of the space race.
This allowed for near real time precise measurement of plate movements."

My dude, you can't even get the basic terms right.
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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The design and reconstructible history of the Mayan eclipse table of the Dresden Codex, www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪 #Astronomy #GlobalMiddleAges
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.0 #Deprem #Earthquake in #Turkiye #Turkey

Right-lateral (?) Strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Shallow
Possibly casualties :-( and damage

Tectonic background in '22 report earthjay.com?p=10569

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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[Séisme ressenti]
Un séisme a été enregistré le lundi 27 octobre 2025 à 08:38 heure locale.
➡️ magnitude 6.6 ± 0.3
➡️ localisé à 168km à l'Est de la Désirade
➡️ type Tectonique
👉Si vous l'avez ressenti, merci de nous aider en témoignant sur www.franceseisme.fr
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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906mb

150 knot/280 kph/175 mph winds

This is going to be such a devastating storm.
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Hurricane #Melissa is on track to be Jamaica's strongest hurricane strike on record. Many superlatives to discuss in today's post, including a rough ride for the Hurricane Hunters: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/jama...
Jamaica braces for Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa, Earth's strongest storm of 2025 » Yale Climate Connections
A remarkable three of the Atlantic's five hurricanes this year have hit Cat 5.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I've been a professor for a decade and my parents still ask me "how was school?" whenever we talk lmao
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs are not the reason Trump wants war with Venezuela.

You need to know three things about Venezuela to understand why Donald Trump has ordered a covert operation to overthrow their government...

gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/i-met-chav...
I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs are not the reason Trump wants war with Venezuela
You must know three things about Venezuela to understand why Donald Trump has ordered a covert operation to overthrow their government.
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I'm going to set up a recurring donation to a local food bank, but it's good to be clear-eyed about this. Food banks cannot replace the loss of SNAP benefits.
"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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1964 Good Friday Earthquake landslide and ground cracks in Anchorage area map. From the 1972 Environmental Atlas of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough, Alaska. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I got stuck on the first question is that bad
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#EarthquakeReport for M6.5 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake offshore of #Guadeloupe #LesserAntilles

Normal (extension) earthquake mechanism
Probably in subducting North America plate (?)

Tectonic background in '24 report earthjay.com?p=12105

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The frogs say: sust say no to authoritarian fascist dictatorships (aka kings)

#Ribbit
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM