Dr. Wendy Bohon
@drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Earthquake geologist 🧪⚒️ | Scicomm specialist 🎙️| Formerly USGS, IRIS, NASA | she/her | Views are mine | website: https://wendybohon.com/
“A delightful blend of scientific rigor and domestic chaos.”
“A delightful blend of scientific rigor and domestic chaos.”
I hit 1 million likes on TikTok today 🎉
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I hit 1 million likes on TikTok today 🎉
Look at Brody’s snow nose! 😁
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November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Look at Brody’s snow nose! 😁
November 2024 (Maryland)
November 2025 (California)
November 2024 (Maryland)
November 2025 (California)
Somebody got in to the burr patch again…
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Somebody got in to the burr patch again…
It’s true! If you feel earthquake shaking or receive an earthquake alert, dive under a desk! Or as we like to say - drop, cover, and hold on.
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s true! If you feel earthquake shaking or receive an earthquake alert, dive under a desk! Or as we like to say - drop, cover, and hold on.
There have been a couple of small aftershocks so far. Aftershocks are normal and expected.
The USGS Aftershock foreshock gives a 21% chance of aftershocks of M3+, which could potentially be felt nearby.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
The USGS Aftershock foreshock gives a 21% chance of aftershocks of M3+, which could potentially be felt nearby.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There have been a couple of small aftershocks so far. Aftershocks are normal and expected.
The USGS Aftershock foreshock gives a 21% chance of aftershocks of M3+, which could potentially be felt nearby.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
The USGS Aftershock foreshock gives a 21% chance of aftershocks of M3+, which could potentially be felt nearby.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
M 4.4 earthquake 8 km W of Templeton, CA
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
M 4.4 earthquake 8 km W of Templeton, CA
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Yesterday I had the honor of giving a talk to the @ebtsoyp.bsky.social
network, where I discussed earthquake science with 400+ kids in 23 classrooms in 4 countries!
Video linked below - intended for kids but suitable for all quake curious audiences. 😁
www.youtube.com/live/_jbPET8...
network, where I discussed earthquake science with 400+ kids in 23 classrooms in 4 countries!
Video linked below - intended for kids but suitable for all quake curious audiences. 😁
www.youtube.com/live/_jbPET8...
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Yesterday I had the honor of giving a talk to the @ebtsoyp.bsky.social
network, where I discussed earthquake science with 400+ kids in 23 classrooms in 4 countries!
Video linked below - intended for kids but suitable for all quake curious audiences. 😁
www.youtube.com/live/_jbPET8...
network, where I discussed earthquake science with 400+ kids in 23 classrooms in 4 countries!
Video linked below - intended for kids but suitable for all quake curious audiences. 😁
www.youtube.com/live/_jbPET8...
Implied threat.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Implied threat.
Just the feel and smell of the Scholastic Book Fait pamphlet give me a dopamine hit big enough to get me through the day.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just the feel and smell of the Scholastic Book Fait pamphlet give me a dopamine hit big enough to get me through the day.
They say petting a cat can help relieve stress. If you don’t have a cat to pet, you can pet Missy with me. 😻
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
They say petting a cat can help relieve stress. If you don’t have a cat to pet, you can pet Missy with me. 😻
Fly along the San Andreas fault in Southern California in the Coachella Valley near Palm Desert and Indio. 🧪
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fly along the San Andreas fault in Southern California in the Coachella Valley near Palm Desert and Indio. 🧪
I was up early today for a quick interview on The Weather Channel to talk about the potential for debris flows in Southern California.
A debris flow is a fast moving mixture of water, rock, soil, and even trees and boulders. Debris flows can damage structures, bury roads, and clog streams.
A debris flow is a fast moving mixture of water, rock, soil, and even trees and boulders. Debris flows can damage structures, bury roads, and clog streams.
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I was up early today for a quick interview on The Weather Channel to talk about the potential for debris flows in Southern California.
A debris flow is a fast moving mixture of water, rock, soil, and even trees and boulders. Debris flows can damage structures, bury roads, and clog streams.
A debris flow is a fast moving mixture of water, rock, soil, and even trees and boulders. Debris flows can damage structures, bury roads, and clog streams.
I was quoted in the SF Chronicle the other day about the M3.5 quake in Vallejo.
It’s a mystery to me why anyone cares about a M3.5 in California 🤷♀️ but I’ll take any excuse to remind people that California is earthquake country and it’s important to be prepared!
archive.ph/2025.11.14-0...
It’s a mystery to me why anyone cares about a M3.5 in California 🤷♀️ but I’ll take any excuse to remind people that California is earthquake country and it’s important to be prepared!
archive.ph/2025.11.14-0...
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I was quoted in the SF Chronicle the other day about the M3.5 quake in Vallejo.
It’s a mystery to me why anyone cares about a M3.5 in California 🤷♀️ but I’ll take any excuse to remind people that California is earthquake country and it’s important to be prepared!
archive.ph/2025.11.14-0...
It’s a mystery to me why anyone cares about a M3.5 in California 🤷♀️ but I’ll take any excuse to remind people that California is earthquake country and it’s important to be prepared!
archive.ph/2025.11.14-0...
Got my biannual haircut!
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Got my biannual haircut!
M 3.6 earthquake 4 km S of Vallejo, CA
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
M 3.6 earthquake 4 km S of Vallejo, CA
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
You won’t hear me say this often, but it was an absolute pleasure to wake up to a flood of emails….because they were from federal colleagues.
Welcome back! We missed you!
Welcome back! We missed you!
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You won’t hear me say this often, but it was an absolute pleasure to wake up to a flood of emails….because they were from federal colleagues.
Welcome back! We missed you!
Welcome back! We missed you!
Look at me! 🍸
Out on the town on a work night about to go on a murder date with @disastrouscomms.bsky.social to listen to Thien Ho talk about the Golden State killer. 🩸
Out on the town on a work night about to go on a murder date with @disastrouscomms.bsky.social to listen to Thien Ho talk about the Golden State killer. 🩸
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Look at me! 🍸
Out on the town on a work night about to go on a murder date with @disastrouscomms.bsky.social to listen to Thien Ho talk about the Golden State killer. 🩸
Out on the town on a work night about to go on a murder date with @disastrouscomms.bsky.social to listen to Thien Ho talk about the Golden State killer. 🩸
Holy crap! Aurora borealis in Sacramento!
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Holy crap! Aurora borealis in Sacramento!
It’s not the same as being there yourself, but I made a video about flying over the Carrizo.
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s not the same as being there yourself, but I made a video about flying over the Carrizo.
Fly along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California from the Cajon pass to Palmdale.
Faults are rarely one single fault strand; they are often broad areas of deformation called fault zones.
Lots of critical infrastructure like highways, powerlines, and railroads cross the San Andreas Fault.
Faults are rarely one single fault strand; they are often broad areas of deformation called fault zones.
Lots of critical infrastructure like highways, powerlines, and railroads cross the San Andreas Fault.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fly along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California from the Cajon pass to Palmdale.
Faults are rarely one single fault strand; they are often broad areas of deformation called fault zones.
Lots of critical infrastructure like highways, powerlines, and railroads cross the San Andreas Fault.
Faults are rarely one single fault strand; they are often broad areas of deformation called fault zones.
Lots of critical infrastructure like highways, powerlines, and railroads cross the San Andreas Fault.
If this geology thing doesn’t work out I could probably get work as a line cook at IHOP. Lord knows I make enough pancakes! 🥞
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If this geology thing doesn’t work out I could probably get work as a line cook at IHOP. Lord knows I make enough pancakes! 🥞
This same area had another sequence that started in 11/2002 that continued into 2/2003. That sequence included a bunch of M3+ events and a few M4’s just to the southeast (not included on this list below).
Data from ds.iris.edu/ieb/index.ht...
Data from ds.iris.edu/ieb/index.ht...
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This same area had another sequence that started in 11/2002 that continued into 2/2003. That sequence included a bunch of M3+ events and a few M4’s just to the southeast (not included on this list below).
Data from ds.iris.edu/ieb/index.ht...
Data from ds.iris.edu/ieb/index.ht...
If you felt shaking (or if you are close by and did not feel shaking) please fill out a “Did You Feel It?” report.
So far, 1050 people have filled out reports.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
So far, 1050 people have filled out reports.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you felt shaking (or if you are close by and did not feel shaking) please fill out a “Did You Feel It?” report.
So far, 1050 people have filled out reports.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
So far, 1050 people have filled out reports.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Just over here looking at earthquakes and making my pancake flowers. #scientistmomlife
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Just over here looking at earthquakes and making my pancake flowers. #scientistmomlife
Interesting little earthquake sequence happening near San Ramon. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Interesting little earthquake sequence happening near San Ramon. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...