Jason "Jay" R. Patton

BlueSky is rapidly growing as has my followers list! welcome all! my background: marine geology, plate tectonics, and paleoseismology onshore & offshore i prepare earthquake reports as part of my education and outreach program at earthjay.com if you have heard of Earth Day, i am earthjay

This week I attended a SCEC sponsored workshop and field trip to look at faults in the Truckee area co-led by @faultcreeper.bsky.social Here are a couple of images of the Polaris fault including an impressive offset terrace riser along the Truckee River and a linear swale/closed depression.

It’s so maddening to know how they just blatantly break the law all the time, but to know that they are preparing to defend themselves against it is just …

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan #IzuBonin Oblique strike-slip earthquake mechanism Deep depth Within Pacific plate Tectonic setting in 2016 report earthjay.com?p=4716 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M7.0 #Earthquake in #China @USGS_Quakes models suggest triggered landslides, induced liquefaction, and estimates of damage to infrastructure and casualties Tectonic setting in 2024 report earthjay.com?p=9811 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M7.0 #Earthquake in #China Normal (extensional) earthquake mechanism Relatively shallow within Eurasia plate crust Tectonic setting in 2024 report earthjay.com?p=9811 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.9 #Earthquake in #Kamchatka #Russia Normal (extensional) earthquake mechanism Within subducted Pacific plate Tectonic setting in 2024 report earthjay.com?p=12355 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthuakeReport for M 7.7 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake en #Panama left-lateral strike-slip earthquake along Avuero fault @USGS_Quakes models: induced liquefaction, triggered landslides, and strong ground shaking see '19 report earthjay.com?p=8499 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.6 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake en #Panama @USGS_Quakes model suggests high ground shaking Possibly crustal right-lateral strike-slip Tectonic setting in 2021 report earthjay.com?p=9976 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

...Revisiting some imagery from the 2017 Tubbs Fire for work... I sure do miss the Round Barn and still struggle to understand how that historic structure got zero community effort to rebuild - it was SUCH a landmark.

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a little bluesky advice: nuke the Discover feed and pin For You, Quiet Posters, and Mutuals.

Beach ridge complex and dunes at Pointe aux Chenes, Michigan. I've got it in my slides for a case study on post-glacial rebound and other causes of lake level change on the Great Lakes, and I had to post it here again.

📌So eight sailors we know of attempted suicide in the USS Lincoln Strike Group. This is beyond disgusting. It is a tragedy, and heads need to roll starting with Pete Hegseth, who is an unqualified bum. I can't even imagine how bad the morale must be on these ships. This is NOT the Navy I served in.

Yes, the person tasked with convincing the public that it’s reasonable to ignore reams of evidence and end telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills after the midterms is named… Overton

#EarthquakeReport for M6.4 #Earthquake #Gempa in #PapuaNewGuinea Intermediate depth Normal-oblique earthquake mechanism Intraplate earthquake in subducted plate Analogy Earthquake Report from 2022 earthjay.com?p=10415 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

🌎 Today is deadline to apply for the AGU26 Faculty Travel Grant! Open to early- to mid-career geoscience faculty at under-resourced institutions, including Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and community colleges (2YCs). 🔗 Apply: spklr.io/6180ETp0o

If you want 1.5C, 1.8C, 2C, overshoot, no-overshoot, etc, then they all require the same thing: rapid short-term emission reductions reaching net zero CO2 emissions as soon as possible. This has been clear from the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C, which depicts "overshoot" on its cover! 1/

Wow, these sequestration rates (even in medium scenario) are not just unrealistic, they are fantastical. Our work on geological limits to carbon sequestration shows that even achieving 1 Gt/y will be challenging without significant tech breakthrough. Relying on CCS today is not a realistic plan!

#EarthquakeReport for 24 June 2026 M 7.5 & 7.2 #Terremoto #Sismo #Earthquake offshore of #Venezuela sadly, many casualties and infrastructure damage @USGS_Quakes models of landslides, liquefaction, shaking report and high res figures: earthjay.com?p=12688

RT by @NWSBayArea: RT by @NWSBayArea: Tsunami NOT Expected: Tsunami Info Stmt for M4.5 , 75 mi SW of Eureka, California 19:41 PDT Aug 28 https://x.com/NWS_NTWC/status/2093533093646799040

RIP Yayoi Kusama

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A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.

LET’S DO THIS THING #MinCup26

GRAPHIC WARNING: This video contains sensitive footage that may disturb some viewers. A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and ‌China's Tibet washed away villages while damaging roads, bridges and power projects in a region bordering Tibet, authorities said

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General question: Who discovered plate tectonics and what observations let them do it? (People with geo degrees, please sit this one out, trying to see something.)

Deep breath. Just went from a two car one ebike family to a one car two ebike family. I know it will be ok but there’s still a bit of anxiety around it.

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.7 #Gempa #Earthquake offshore of Flores Island #Indonesia reverse (compressional) earthquake mechanism associated with the Flores backthrust (to Java megathrust) #Tsunami observed regionally read report: earthjay.com?p=12661

Excellent day at an excellent fault trench! Many thanks to @earthjay.bsky.social @miltonshaky.bsky.social and Jessie Vermeer for spending the day showing us your work. Why are we staring a dirt wall? I explain in the video in the next post.

Farmers love wind turbines on their farm because they bring in new revenue while taking virtually no land from their crop Why limit dual use of wind and crop farming to land? World's first seaweed farm among 139 offshore wind turbines in the Netherlands timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/worl...

Here are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here

Lala, now a Category 1 hurricane, looks pretty healthy on radar imagery as it makes a close approach toward Hawaii's Big Island, where it may make landfall (if so, would be first HI landfall since 1992). Either way, widespread and potentially serious flash flooding is expected.

An excellent field review day with @earthjay.bsky.social and @miltonshaky.bsky.social in their trench across the Shively fault in Humboldt County.

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.9 #Gempa #Earthquake in #Sumatra #Indonesia Left-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism Intermediate depth Intraplate earthquake within subducted India plate (?) Tectonic setting in 2023 report earthjay.com?p=11040 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.7 #Gempa #Earthquake offshore of Timor #Indonesia @USGS_Quakes models suggest triggered landslides and induced liquefaction Hopefully few casualties Tectonic setting in 2019 report earthjay.com?p=7614 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.7 #Gempa #Earthquake offshore of Timor #Indonesia Reverse (compressional) earthquake mechanism Appears related to Flores backthrust fault Hopefully few casualties Tectonic setting in 2019 report earthjay.com?p=7614 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquajeReport for M 7.4 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake en #Colimbia @USGS_Quakes models suggest high chance for casualties, infrastructure damage, triggered landslides, & in induced liquefaction Tectonic setting in '19 report earthjay.com?p=8361 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquajeReport for M 7.4 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake en #Colimbia Left-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism Hopefully not many people are harmed Tectonic setting in '19 report earthjay.com?p=8361 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Some days I’m surprised at how introspective people are here, ignoring posts about a genuinely very bad earthquake. Someone said recently that unless there’s a tsunami, westerners pay almost no attention at all, and sadly that seems to be true. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.8 #Earthquake in #Kumamoto #Japan @USGS_Quakes PAGER suggests lots of damage Potential for triggered landslides and induced liquefaction Regional tectonics in '16 report earthjay.com?p=3945 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.8 #Earthquake in #Kumamoto #Japan Right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism @USGS_Quakes PAGER suggests lots of damage Regional tectonics in '16 report earthjay.com?p=3945 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Buttigieg: The fact that the Trump admin deleted references to 4 American service members killed in action b/c that simple and tragic reality complicates their narrative that we're not at war, when everybody knows that we are, shows how far from reality they are. I think voters are fed up with it.

When your preteen becomes suddenly obsessed with crochet? Damn straight you take her to every thrift store in town to find whatever she wants. Including a cool vintage wooden carrier for it all.