The University of Memphis SEG Student Chapter

NEW DEADLINES!!!

SEG 2018 Student Chapter Reports for competing for Ridge, Summit, and Best Chapter will now be due by March 30, 2018 not May. Reports will be open January 1, 2018.

SLS and SEP applications will only be open January 1 - March 30.

A large earthquake has hit off the coast of southern Mexico

M 8.0 - 96km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards

Four Emerging Misconceptions On Social Media About The Upcoming Great American Eclipse As the Great American Eclipse approaches in August, I have noticed four misconceptions about it that have emerged on social media. Let's try to clear them up.

Three earthquakes hit the Philippines today

Earthquakes hit Batangas, felt in other areas in Luzon After being jolted by a magnitude-5.5 tremor on Tuesday, Batangas is once again hit by earthquakes on Saturday afternoon.

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred on the Missouri/Kentucky border today

M 3.4 - 9km SSW of Wickliffe, Kentucky USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards

Geoscientist phase diagram

The Multi-Chambered Heart of Mount St. Helens | Earthscope The most active volcano in Cascadia has a lot going on downstairs. Earthquakes are common under Mount St. Helens, but they don’t all originate from tectonic forces, which are the most common culprit for earthquakes globally. Generating and moving melt under a volcano can also cause earthquakes, moti...

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake near the Nevada-California state line.

M5.8 - 29km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards

The newly released chronostratigraphic chart!

International Chronostratigraphic Chart (v2016/12) | Geology Page Download the latest version (v2016/12) of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart. The explanatory article was published in September 2013 issue of Epis

On this day 205 years ago at approximately 2:15 a.m., a magnitude ~7.5 earthquake struck northeast Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel region. It was the first of three main shocks and hundreds of aftershocks in the New Madrid Seismic Zone that winter. Because of the sparse population in the epicentral area at the time, the earthquake caused only slight damage to man-made structures. This would not be the case today if a similar quake was to occur, as about 12 million people now live in the St. Louis–Memphis region. Learn more about this event at http://on.doi.gov/2h4LqEY.

Historic Earthquakes USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards

Mount St. Helens shakes 120 times within a week as volcano recharges, scientists say The tiny quakes, 1 to 2 miles beneath the volcano’s surface, do not indicate when the next eruption might be.

http://www.geologypage.com/2016/09/mars-rover-views-spectacular-layered-rock-formations.html

Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations | Geology Page