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💧🌏 Greg CocksNew Research Aims To Better Predict And Understand Cascading Land Surface Hazards -- <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-aims-cascading-surface-hazards.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-06-aims-cascading-surface-hazards.html</a> <-- shared technical article -- <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp9559" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp9559</a> <-- shared paper -- <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/interconnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interconnected</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineeringgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineeringgeology</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landcover</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landsurface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landsurface</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landcover</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hydrology</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geomorphology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geomorphology</a> # geomiorphmetry <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#risk</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hazard</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremeweather</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cascading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cascading</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cascadinghazards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cascadinghazards</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debrisflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debrisflow</a> <a 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target="_blank">#chainreaction</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatialanalysis</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatiotemporal</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/prediction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prediction</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#management</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planning</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mitigation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/multifactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#multifactor</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sediment" 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href="https://techhub.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urban</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cost</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#loss</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#damage</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthobservation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remotesensing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LiDAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiDAR</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UAV</a>

Catherine Schmidt<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iran</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poll</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#denial</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misigony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misigony</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democrats</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lies</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rascism</a> Heather Cox Richardson 6/24/25 TRUMP TRIES TO SPIN REALITY VICTORY FOR LOYALISTS ATTACKS AND BLAMES DEMOCRATS AND WOMAN OF COLOR

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2046322/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2046322/</a> Trump Blamed Biden for a Down Market. 2 Days Later, Stocks Are Soaring <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BetterThanExpectedJobReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BetterThanExpectedJobReport</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biden</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#day</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DownMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DownMarket</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LiberationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiberationDay</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#markets</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#office</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentNixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentNixon</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#S</a>&P <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stock</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariff</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WednesdayMorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WednesdayMorning</a>

Jascha PoletMap of historical seismicity near today’s M6.2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> in western Turkey. This event may have occurred on the Marmara fault segment of the North Anatolian Fault, thought to present a significant hazard to Istanbul. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismicity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#istanbul</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a>

Jascha PoletMap of today’s M5.2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> near Julian in the context of regional past seismicity. This event was located near the Elsinore <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> and relatively deep at 18 km. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/julian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#julian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tectonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tectonics</a>

Jascha PoletI made a quick <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#map</a> of historical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismicity</a> for the region of today’s M7.6 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> near the Cayman Islands. This left lateral strike slip event occurred on a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> system that produced a few similar events in size & mechanism in the last decade. (Good to see that USGS NEIC is still online!) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tectonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tectonics</a>

Jascha PoletBluesky is now my main platform for near real time <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> posts, but here are some maps on today’s M7.0 earthquake near the Mendocino triple junction, that triggered a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tsunami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tsunami</a> warning. This event occurred on a transform <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> and not the Cascadia subduction zone. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a>

Chuck DarwinEarthquake risks and rising costs: The price of operating California’s last nuclear plant Under two gargantuan domes of thick concrete and steel that rise along California’s rugged Central Coast, subatomic particles slam into uranium, triggering one of the most energetic reactions on Earth.Amid coastal bluffs speckled with brush and buckwheat, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Diablo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diablo</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canyon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Power</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Plant</a> uses this energy to spin two massive copper coils at a blistering 30 revolutions per second. In 2022, these generators — about the size of school buses — produced 6% of Californians’ power and 11% of their non-fossil energy.Yet it comes at 💥almost double the cost of other low-carbon energy sources💥 and, according to the federal agency that oversees the plant, carries a ⚠️roughly 1 in 25,000 chance of suffering a nuclear meltdown ⚠️before its scheduled decommissioning in just five years — due primarily to nearby <a href="https://c.im/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-08-25/should-californias-last-nuclear-plant-stay-open" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-08-25/should-californias-last-nuclear-plant-stay-open</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiabloCanyon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerPlant</a> brings <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profits</a> for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a>]Tina Landis August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environmental</a> organizations, California legislators passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenateBill846" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SenateBill846</a> in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> facility. "Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fukushima</a> disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioactiveWater</a> still being released into the ocean today. "As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster."From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilDisobedience</a> actions in 1981. "In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bailouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bailouts</a> to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear. "Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#renewable</a> energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxpayers</a>’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ratepayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ratepayers</a>. "Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernCaliforniaEdison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthernCaliforniaEdison</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanDiegoGasAndElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SanDiegoGasAndElectric</a> will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it! "In 2022, when legislators pushed this through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SB846" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SB846</a>, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildfires</a>. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solar</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#battery</a> storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028."Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coal</a> fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioactiveWaste</a> which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years. "Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wind</a> energy. "So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> must ensure continued profits for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvestorClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InvestorClass</a>. "SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernorNewsom</a> facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees. "But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPUC</a> to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case. "CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine."While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NRC</a>] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025. "CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corrupt</a> utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."Source: <a href="https://www.liberationnews.org/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-brings-profits-for-pge-deadly-risk-for-residents/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.liberationnews.org/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-brings-profits-for-pge-deadly-risk-for-residents/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PGAndE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGAndE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearCorruption</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearBailouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearBailouts</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewablesNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OceansAreLife</a>

Chuck DarwinA dangerous L.A. fault system rivaling the San Andreas is tied to recent earthquakesMonday’s magnitude 4.4 <a href="https://c.im/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> centered four miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles was modest but packed quite a jolt.Although no major damage was reported, experts say the temblor was in the general area of a dangerous <a href="https://c.im/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system</a> — one they have long feared is capable of producing a catastrophic earthquake in the heart of the city.The quake ruptured on a small section of a fault associated with the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Puente" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Puente</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hills</a> thrust fault system, which has long been cited as a major seismic hazard for Southern California because it runs through heavily populated areas and is capable of a huge quake.“It’s a reminder that this is actually ♦️our most dangerous fault,” ♦️ earthquake expert Lucy Jones said, 💥surpassing the <a href="https://c.im/tags/San" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#San</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Andreas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Andreas</a>💥 <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-13/recent-series-of-l-a-earthquakes-was-along-dangerous-fault-system-that-rivals-the-san-andreas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-13/recent-series-of-l-a-earthquakes-was-along-dangerous-fault-system-that-rivals-the-san-andreas</a>

Jascha PoletTo clarify the location of today’s M4.4 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> relative to the Puente Hills Thrust system, here are some figures from Shaw et al. (2002) with an approximate quake location marked with an orange splotch. If the depth of 11 km is correct, this is a decent fit with the Los Angeles segment. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#losangeles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a>

Jascha PoletOn first glance, the location and strike slip mechanism of the M4.9 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> near Barstow today could match up with the Calico <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> (map from Reheis 2021 with pink star the very approximate epicenter) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tectonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tectonics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a>

Nonilex…The entire area, which stretches from Northern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vancouver</a> Island, is at risk. But the scientists found the geometry of the fault off the coast of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a>, where the fault is flat & smooth, closer to the surface & extends farther onshore, may be particularly at risk. …This <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FaultZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FaultZone</a> is hazardous because it’s a “megathrust” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a>. One piece of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Earth</a>’s crust, a tectonic plate called the Juan de Fuca plate, dives down beneath the North American continental plate.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geology</a>

Jascha PoletInteresting hypothesis about Enceladus’ tiger stripes: “observed variations in Enceladus's plume strength may be due to the tiger-stripe faults moving in a strike–slip fashion” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enceladus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enceladus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planetaryscience</a><a href="https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/enceladus-spills-its-guts-through-strikeslip-motion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/enceladus-spills-its-guts-through-strikeslip-motion</a>

AI6YR BenHmm.. I wonder's who fault today's earthquake was. A couple of these go through my neighborhood. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a>

Jascha PoletMap of historical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismicity</a> near today’s San Bernardino M4.2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a>, also including the earlier M4.1 event. Both occurred in or near the San Jacinto <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fault</a> Zone and were relatively deep, with a significant strike slip component.

Jascha PoletM4.1 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> near Lytle Creek, Southern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a>, likely occurred on a strand of the San Jacinto <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fault</a>, showing mostly strike slip <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faulting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#faulting</a> possibly with a component of reverse motion. Shown on this map in the context of past regional <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seismicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismicity</a>.

Jascha PoletThe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#submarine</a> fault scarp of the 2011 Tohoku-oki <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> “Using a manned submersible in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a> Trench, we explored .. the seafloor near the epicenter .. we found a 26 m high subvertical cliff .. Cross-section analysis suggests an 80–120 m slip on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a>”<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01118-4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01118-4</a>

David August ❌👑Oh no, I’m feeling fine. I made this. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#loss</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hollow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hollow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/despair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#despair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/longing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#longing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anguish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anguish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hopelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hopelessness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>

Jascha PoletTried to plot the epicenter of the M4.1 Isleton <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> on this map of Sullivan (2012) to the best of my abilities and found that this event is located on or near the Midland <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fault</a> and the Rio Vista gas field. (No aftershocks reported yet.)

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