Hypocentre

Hypocentre a.k.a. Dr Ian G. Stimpson. Seismologist, geophysicist and structural geologist at Keele University, U.K.
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Sumatra Earthquake September 30, 3009 Recorded at Keele

Southern Sumatra Earthquake Magnitude 7.6, September 30, 3009 Recorded at Keele University, UK.

So, large earthquakes are like buses. You wait months for one to come along and then two arrive within hours of each other. I used to think that one event couldn’t trigger another at this sort of range but it does [...]

September 30th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Earthquakes | 3 comments

Samoa Earthquake September 29, 2009 Recorded at Keele

Samoa Earthquake September 29, 2009, M 8.0 recorded at Keele University, UK.

This earthquake caused a tsunami which hit the local islands causing at least 65 deaths in Samoa and at least 20 deaths in American Samoa according to the BBC.

It is unusual in that although it occurs close to the trench where the [...]

September 30th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Earthquakes, tsunami | 7 comments