At 00:20hrs UTC on 14-10-2017, a magnitude 5.6 (mb) occurred near San Dionisio del Mar, Mexico.
STEAM Night at Hogg Middle School
Come join Texas Educational Seismic Project and other great STEAM participants in this fun night out for the family! We hope to see you there…
24-Hour Comparison of Magnitude 6.0+ Earthquakes
Over a 24-hour time period, from 10-10-2017 04:00hrs UTC to 11-10-2017 03:00hrs UTC, we compared the independent recordings of seismicity in Spring, TX and Weston, MA. Texas Educational Seismic Project operates Station E1TX and Boston College’s Educational Seismology Project operates Station WOBC. Notice (1) how the Chilean earthquake has a much larger amplitude recorded in Texas than in Massachusetts? and (2) the very large M6.7 Bouvet Island earthquake was NOT recorded in Massachusetts, but the surface waves are clearly visible in Texas?
Energy Day HOUSTON 2017 – October 21
Our TXESP team would like to share our support for Energy Day Houston. Follow @EnergyDayFest and attend October 21! #energyday #houston #STEM
Propagating Across TX LIVE
Its rare, but there are times when we seismologists catch a large seismological event occurring real-time. Here is a real-time Chilean earthquake propagating across Spring, TX….
Strong Quake Rattles Alaska
Yesterday, a strong magnitude M6.6 (Mww) rattled the Alaskan Islands. The event occurred at 22:34hrs UTC and is estimated at 112kms deep. No news if a tsunami warning was issued. tThe seismogram from this event is very intriguing, see below.
Finding Tectonic Plates
In one of our novice activities, we demonstrate to children that Scientists know where Plate Tectonic Boundaries are found. This discovery was made by plotting and viewing a global map of earthquake locations. This figure is particularly useful and courtesy of Boston College’s Educational Seismology Project (https://bcespcurriculum.wordpress.com/)
Recent Version
Historical Version
Aftershocks continue to shake Mexico
A moderately strong magnitude 5.6 (mb) earthquake occurred offshore of Mexico overnight. The event began at 0400hrs UTC (11:00pm CST) and was approximately 22kms deep. NOTE that it took the first seismic wave 4 minutes to arrive at Spring, TX. That is consistent with previous Mexican earthquakes – it takes only 4 minutes for E1TX to detect some Mexican earthquakes.
TEACHABLE MOMENT: Why don’t we see ALL earthquakes which occur in MX?
M6.4 Earthquake South of the Fiji Islands
Early this morning, at 04:20hrs UTC (or 11:20 pm CST) a strong magnitude 6.4 (Mww) / 6.3 (mb) earthquake occurred south of the Fiji Islands. Earthquakes in this area are close to a convergent plate tectonic boundary. As of 09:48hrs UTC (04:48pm CST), preliminary reports have not issued a Pacific Ocean tsunami threat to Hawaii.
TXESP at Girlstart’s Houston Fall STEM Extravaganza 2017
On Saturday morning, Texas Educational Seismic Project was able to send a geophysicist to Girlstart’s Houston Fall STEM Extravaganza. We had a great time demonstrating a building’s natural resonance frequency with our earthquake shake table. We used the activity to learn more about what is happening in Mexico and what kind of damages are occurring in Mexico City. The kids were able to take a science and engineering concept and relate it to real life happening in the present. There is no better learning method in my opinion. Anytime we bring a concept into children’s lives and show how it impacts them it deepens their knowledge intake. And the geophysicist? She left happy and with cheeks hurting from smiling and having too much fun! Photo below is courtesy of #girlstart, #KristiFinkTXESP
