2019-08-02 12:03:27 (UTC)
-7.267°S 104.825°E
52.8 km depth
2019-08-01 18:28:05 (UTC)
-34.232°S -72.300°W
10.0 km depth
Alan Kafka
Weston Observatory
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Boston College
On July 6, 2019, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that occurred in Ridgecrest, CA was recorded by Weston Observatory. Below is the seismogram recorded in the BC O’Neill Library.
For more information about this earthquake see: Earthquakes put Ridgecrest residents on edge (CNN)
Scroll down for more about this earthquake, and earthquakes in California and New England in general, from Weston Observatory/Boston College Educational Seismology Project (BC-ESP) and Partners and Collaborators. Also follow Weston Observatory on Twitter (Twitter.com/Weston_Quakes) for updates.
WBZ Radio interviewing Alan about earthquakes in California and New England. If you scroll to the bottom you can listen to the audio recording of the interview:
https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/have-major-earthquakes-happened-in-new-england/
Click here to go directly to the audio recording of the interview.
Why Does the Earth Quake in New England?
Prof. John Ebel’s book on earthquakes in New England