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Geophysics, Earthquake Science, and Community Science for the Greater Good bit.ly/A_Kafka_Website

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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake yesterday: Aleutian Islands, Alaska

05.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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01.03.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Draft up through Chapter 3 of my book β€œGeoscience and Society from Galileo to the 21st Century” is now available The latest draft of my book, now including Chapter 3, is now available here..

Draft up through Chapter 3 of my book "Geoscience and Society from Galileo to the 21st Century" is now available for public access, and you can read it here:

Chapter 3: β€œCreationism”, β€œUniformitarianism”, and Geologic Time

alankafka.substack.com/p/draft-up-t...

01.03.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake today in Vanuatu, recorded in New England.

14.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake today off the coast of Oregon, recorded at Weston (MA) Observatory/Westport (CT) Astronomical Society collaborative seismic monitoring station in Westport, CT.

16.01.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small earthquake in Connecticut yesterday.

09.01.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small earthquake rattles New Hampshire, just north of Massachusetts border A magnitude 2.1 earthquake hit overnight in Milford, New Hampshire, not far from the Massachusetts border.

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

02.01.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small earthquake today in New Hampshire

02.01.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Japan recorded at Westport Astronomical Society in Westport, Connecticut.

09.12.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake, Alaska-Canada border, recorded across New York City with low-cost Raspberry Shake community seismographs.

07.12.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 6 earthquake in Alaska, recorded in New England (11/27/2025).

29.11.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Why Does the Earth Quake in New York City?

bcespquakes.com/ak_site/why_...

23.11.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small earthquake in New Jersey.

23.11.2025 13:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake in Bangladesh, recorded by our
Raspberry Shake seismograph in Assam, India.

21.11.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small earthquake in New Hampshire. Barely felt, but well-recorded by our Raspberry Shake citizen science seismic network.

12.11.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake east of Guadeloupe, recorded across New York City with low-cost Raspberry Shake community seismographs.

USGS: Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage

29.10.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake - Timor Island, Southeast Asia - recorded in Northeast India.

27.10.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lively, Ontario, Canada

20.10.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lively quake in Canada today...

20.10.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 2.6 earthquake today in Northern NY State.

14.10.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What to know about the blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that left no survivors Authorities are investigating a powerful explosion at an explosives plant in rural Tennessee where authorities say they've recovered no survivors.

apnews.com/article/tenn...

12.10.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very sad 😒tragic explosion in Tennessee 😒
Forensic Seismology: Application of seismology to investigate (and hopefully mitigate the impact of) social, legal, political, and/or security implications of seismic events (usually non-earthquake events).

12.10.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake south of Tierra del Fuego, recorded by our Raspberry Shake seismograph in Assam, India.

11.10.2025 03:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Philippines, recorded by our Raspberry Shake seismograph in Assam, India.

10.10.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.10.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Draft of Chapter 2 of my book "Geoscience and Society from Galileo to the 21st Century" Chapter 2: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 and the β€œAge of Science and Reason"

Draft of Chapter 2 of my book "Geoscience and Society from Galileo to the 21st Century" is now available for public access, and you can read it here:

Chapter 2: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 and the β€œAge of Science and Reason”

open.substack.com/pub/alankafk...

10.10.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four earthquakes strike northwestern Venezuela, USGS says Four earthquakes hit northwestern Venezuela within a span of several hours late Wednesday and early Thursday, including two powerful tremors exceeding magnitude 6.

Four earthquakes strike northwestern Venezuela, USGS says:
www.reuters.com/business/env...

26.09.2025 01:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Venezuela.

26.09.2025 01:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.09.2025 01:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake today in Assam.
I think our Raspberry Shake at Madhabdev University might be the only nearby recording.

15.09.2025 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0