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My Dad’s Backyard Seismograph Setup
Recent went back to my family home and felt y'all might appreciate a home made set up. I grew up watching for earthquakes with my dad.
u/Fratly — 1 day ago
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Brawley, California Earthquake swarm
Since May 9/16:15 Pacific Daylight Savings Time, the earthquake.usgs.gov website has recorded 17 earthquakes in a span of 5 hours. including 4.4 and 4.5 shocks, 1 to 1.4 km NW of Brawley, 32.990°N 115.552°W. It's a fairly active zone along the San Jacinto fault.
(Sorry, haven't yet figured out how to stop my map from taking up a huge amount of space.)
u/Signum17 — 4 days ago
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How likely is the “big one” and how to prepare for it?
I live in Southern California and we’ve had a significant increase in medium earthquakes.
I’ve learned recently about the Juan de Fuca and Explorer plates are slowly sliding beneath the North American plate. (The tectonic plates located near Washington/ Vancouver Canada coast)
Last year studies indicated Juan de Fuca plate in particular is crumbling apart and there is a 2km ridge or a hole in the tectonic plates between the coast of Vancouver and Seattle.
I’m growing increasingly concerned and I just would like to know what people’s plans are if it happens and how to prepare possibly.
u/blueberriedaydream — 5 days ago
A new study of the 2025 Myanmar earthquake found that seemingly “simple” faults can produce surprisingly complex earthquakes
dornsife.usc.eduu/USCDornsifeNews — 6 days ago
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Many earthquakes in Brawley, CA
Many earthquakes in Brawley, CA. Has been a very active area.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=ci41460112&extent=28.96009,-117.98218&extent=36.87083,-113.14819&range=search&sort=largest&timeZone=utc&map=false&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22endtime%22:%222026-05-31T02:22:08.230Z%22,%22latitude%22:32.9726676940918,%22longitude%22:-115.563835144043,%22maxradiuskm%22:250,%22minmagnitude%22:1,%22starttime%22:%222026-04-19T02:22:08.230Z%22%7D%7D
u/sasessiontc — 4 days ago
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u/slayyydriii — 9 days ago
M2.7&2.9: Two earthquakes hit the area in the last 9 days. Zero the last year and zero within last 10 years within 58 miles of Detroit. Anyone got any opinions on this? Just a random anomally?
u/StephenAParker — 8 days ago
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> 🌎 Earthquake? M5- estimated, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial, preliminary detection, tentatively 2026-05-04 00:33:22 UTC (daytime) on land, Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States (41.52, -118.15) likely felt 130 km away (in Winnemucca…) by 9000 people (localhost:38002)
^2026-05-04T00:44:39Z
u/BrainstormBot — 10 days ago