Jason "Jay" R. Patton
@earthjay.bsky.social
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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welcome all!
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
if you have heard of Earth Day, i am earthjay
welcome all!
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
if you have heard of Earth Day, i am earthjay
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I find this concept interesting. Earthquakes don't kill people buildings do {or better yet, building codes}. We can do more to protect people. And a reminder, long after the news moves on from an earthquake story, the people have not. So, donations are still needed.
www.wired.com/2015/04/eart...
www.wired.com/2015/04/eart...
Earthquakes Don't Kill People, Buildings Do
The Nepalese capital's problem wasn't the earthquake, it was the building codes.
www.wired.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I find this concept interesting. Earthquakes don't kill people buildings do {or better yet, building codes}. We can do more to protect people. And a reminder, long after the news moves on from an earthquake story, the people have not. So, donations are still needed.
www.wired.com/2015/04/eart...
www.wired.com/2015/04/eart...
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco
Probably a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Significant Did You Feel It data from Mexico City and Puebla
@USGS_Quakes model suggests liquefaction
report:
earthjay.com?p=12503
Probably a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Significant Did You Feel It data from Mexico City and Puebla
@USGS_Quakes model suggests liquefaction
report:
earthjay.com?p=12503
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco
Probably a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Significant Did You Feel It data from Mexico City and Puebla
@USGS_Quakes model suggests liquefaction
report:
earthjay.com?p=12503
Probably a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Significant Did You Feel It data from Mexico City and Puebla
@USGS_Quakes model suggests liquefaction
report:
earthjay.com?p=12503
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 AM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Here is the response from the earthquake near Acapulco, Mexico on my RaspberryShake 4D seismometer near Phoenix, Arizona USA, 2252 km from the event.
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Here is the response from the earthquake near Acapulco, Mexico on my RaspberryShake 4D seismometer near Phoenix, Arizona USA, 2252 km from the event.
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake
Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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M'encanten els resums que fa @earthjay.bsky.social quan hi ha terratremols.
I a sobre ens prepara un resum anual. Mil gràcies! 😍😍
I a sobre ens prepara un resum anual. Mil gràcies! 😍😍
#EarthquakeReport for 2025 Annual Year in #Earthquakes and #Tsunami
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
M'encanten els resums que fa @earthjay.bsky.social quan hi ha terratremols.
I a sobre ens prepara un resum anual. Mil gràcies! 😍😍
I a sobre ens prepara un resum anual. Mil gràcies! 😍😍
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It’s #EarthquakeReport Day! The M8.8 Kamchatka #earthquake was HUGE, as you can see in the cumulative energy‑release plot but no one died because it struck such a remote area.
The deadliest events were the M7.7 Myanmar, M6.0 Afghanistan, and M7.1 Tibet quakes, which caused around 8,000 deaths. ⚒️🧪
The deadliest events were the M7.7 Myanmar, M6.0 Afghanistan, and M7.1 Tibet quakes, which caused around 8,000 deaths. ⚒️🧪
#EarthquakeReport for 2025 Annual Year in #Earthquakes and #Tsunami
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
January 2, 2026 at 7:04 AM
It’s #EarthquakeReport Day! The M8.8 Kamchatka #earthquake was HUGE, as you can see in the cumulative energy‑release plot but no one died because it struck such a remote area.
The deadliest events were the M7.7 Myanmar, M6.0 Afghanistan, and M7.1 Tibet quakes, which caused around 8,000 deaths. ⚒️🧪
The deadliest events were the M7.7 Myanmar, M6.0 Afghanistan, and M7.1 Tibet quakes, which caused around 8,000 deaths. ⚒️🧪
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One of the best things that happened to me in 2025 was that we got a permit to visit The Wave in Arizona. Here are some photos from last Friday; needless to say, photos do not do justice to this place
January 2, 2026 at 4:27 AM
One of the best things that happened to me in 2025 was that we got a permit to visit The Wave in Arizona. Here are some photos from last Friday; needless to say, photos do not do justice to this place
#EarthquakeReport for 2025 Annual Year in #Earthquakes and #Tsunami
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
January 2, 2026 at 2:24 AM
#EarthquakeReport for 2025 Annual Year in #Earthquakes and #Tsunami
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025
See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025
earthjay.com?page_id=12459
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Reposted by Jason "Jay" R. Patton
Reposted by Jason "Jay" R. Patton
Reposted by Jason "Jay" R. Patton
Things to say to sound smart in a meeting
November 18, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Things to say to sound smart in a meeting
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I haven't seen enough Juneau Icefield Research Program on hype on BlueSky!
Are you a student interested in polar science? Are you a researcher imagining future field work? Are you an educator looking to teach the best and brightest?
JIRP is for you! Deadlines are soon!
www.juneauicefield.org 🧪⚒️
Are you a student interested in polar science? Are you a researcher imagining future field work? Are you an educator looking to teach the best and brightest?
JIRP is for you! Deadlines are soon!
www.juneauicefield.org 🧪⚒️
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I haven't seen enough Juneau Icefield Research Program on hype on BlueSky!
Are you a student interested in polar science? Are you a researcher imagining future field work? Are you an educator looking to teach the best and brightest?
JIRP is for you! Deadlines are soon!
www.juneauicefield.org 🧪⚒️
Are you a student interested in polar science? Are you a researcher imagining future field work? Are you an educator looking to teach the best and brightest?
JIRP is for you! Deadlines are soon!
www.juneauicefield.org 🧪⚒️
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that alluvial fan coming out of the san gabriels near wrightwood really is something: visible from the pelona schist that just comes pouring down wildhorse canyon when 10" of rain falls like it just did, spreading out 15+ miles into the mojave
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
that alluvial fan coming out of the san gabriels near wrightwood really is something: visible from the pelona schist that just comes pouring down wildhorse canyon when 10" of rain falls like it just did, spreading out 15+ miles into the mojave
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Carrie Fisher tragically passed ten years ago
I wonder what she would have made of our current regime.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited @carriefisher.bsky.social
Carrie Fisher tragically passed ten years ago
I wonder what she would have made of our current regime.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited @carriefisher.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Carrie Fisher tragically passed ten years ago
I wonder what she would have made of our current regime.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited @carriefisher.bsky.social
Carrie Fisher tragically passed ten years ago
I wonder what she would have made of our current regime.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited @carriefisher.bsky.social
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Taiwan
Left-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Within subducting Philippine Sea plate (?)
Tectonic setting in 2024 report:
earthjay.com?p=11904
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Left-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Within subducting Philippine Sea plate (?)
Tectonic setting in 2024 report:
earthjay.com?p=11904
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
December 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Taiwan
Left-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Within subducting Philippine Sea plate (?)
Tectonic setting in 2024 report:
earthjay.com?p=11904
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Left-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Within subducting Philippine Sea plate (?)
Tectonic setting in 2024 report:
earthjay.com?p=11904
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Some poster presenters at the 2025 AGU fall mtg
At the 10,000 steps long convention center
Good stuff
I learned lots!
At the 10,000 steps long convention center
Good stuff
I learned lots!
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Some poster presenters at the 2025 AGU fall mtg
At the 10,000 steps long convention center
Good stuff
I learned lots!
At the 10,000 steps long convention center
Good stuff
I learned lots!
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
6 Dec 2025 M7.0 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake-Triggered Landslides and Snow Avalanches
www.usgs.gov/programs/lan...
www.usgs.gov/programs/lan...
2025 M7.0 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake-Triggered Landslides and Snow Avalanches
A M7.0 oblique-slip earthquake initiated about 6 miles (10 km) below the Hubbard Glacier in the St. Elias Mountains about 55 miles north of Yakutat, Alaska at approximately 11:40am AKST (1:40pm YST) o...
www.usgs.gov
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
6 Dec 2025 M7.0 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake-Triggered Landslides and Snow Avalanches
www.usgs.gov/programs/lan...
www.usgs.gov/programs/lan...
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If you are a NCAR employee impacted by the federal administration’s decision to close the facility please message me on Signal at edwardsanthonyb.81
I will be following up on this for the San Francisco Chronicle.
I will be following up on this for the San Francisco Chronicle.
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are a NCAR employee impacted by the federal administration’s decision to close the facility please message me on Signal at edwardsanthonyb.81
I will be following up on this for the San Francisco Chronicle.
I will be following up on this for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan
interpretive poster for 8 Dec '25 earthquake
felt intensity > MMI 7
@USGS_Quakes models suggest triggered landslides and induced liquefaction
outside of 2011 M 9.1 aftershock region
report forthcoming
interpretive poster for 8 Dec '25 earthquake
felt intensity > MMI 7
@USGS_Quakes models suggest triggered landslides and induced liquefaction
outside of 2011 M 9.1 aftershock region
report forthcoming
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan
interpretive poster for 8 Dec '25 earthquake
felt intensity > MMI 7
@USGS_Quakes models suggest triggered landslides and induced liquefaction
outside of 2011 M 9.1 aftershock region
report forthcoming
interpretive poster for 8 Dec '25 earthquake
felt intensity > MMI 7
@USGS_Quakes models suggest triggered landslides and induced liquefaction
outside of 2011 M 9.1 aftershock region
report forthcoming
From flight over lax, after 24 hrs of travel (flight cancellations), I'm in Nola for agu
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
From flight over lax, after 24 hrs of travel (flight cancellations), I'm in Nola for agu