Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 11hWhat is this? Have any of you ever seen anything like this? 20395
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Pacific Northwest experience earthquakes from 3 general sources: 👉 megathrust earthquakes along the plate boundary between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates 👉 shallow earthquakes within the overriding crust 👉 deeper earthquakes within the subducting slab. 1337
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today’s M4.2 quake in Washington occurred close to a few other M4+ quakes, although those were from way back in the late 1900’s. 😊 1285
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Did you feel that M4.3 Washington? Be sure to fill out a Did You Feel It? Report! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 43414
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m in Fortuna for work. First thing I do when I arrive at the hotel? Check my tsunami risk and figure out the tsunami evacuation route. Don’t be scared, be prepared! www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/tsunami/... 5804
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My dear friend @seislologist.bsky.social has launched a cool new earthquake app called Seismoscope! It’s fantastic for visualizations but has lots of other functionality as well. Check it out! (It’s free and available on iPhone and Android) apps.apple.com/us/app/seism... 39545
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Bad guard dog but still the goodest boy apple.news/A2x6myZlYSNm...apple.news'Worst guard dog.' Watch Golden Retriever try to play with suspected intruder — USA TODAYNash, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever in San Diego, tried to play with a suspected intruder who broke into his home while his owners were away. 3324
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Another little M3.1 quake in Compton right on top of the M3.1 from 9/6. Looks like it generated light shaking across the LA area. Did you feel it? Report it! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 1223
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If yall don’t follow @afroherper.bsky.social you should! She posts excellent herpetology 🦎 content (including #FindThatLizard) and is a 10/10 human. bsky.app/profile/afro... 4329
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An educator in Scotland asked me if I would be willing to create a short video about my path and career that they could play at career day at their school. I figured since I was making it anyway I would share it here as well! 🧪 🪨 08417
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The best part of my new office at work isn’t the great view (although that’s nice) it’s that I have my own thermostat. 3431
Reposted by Dr. Wendy BohonJeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchersNew document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas 10158119
Reposted by Dr. Wendy BohonAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Allow me to make the case for why calcite should not only earn your vote but win the tournament. Calcite is the mineral with the most forms, is highly fluorescent & phosphorescent, helped explain the wave nature of light, laid the foundation for optics/polarizers, and even calms an upset tummy. A 🧵: 1226278
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Woke up this morning to the police response to a shooting on Hwy 50 west bound. It took me 3 hours to get home from work today due to a different shooting on Hwy 50 east bound. Everything is fine here in America. We’re super great. 🙃 www.kcra.com/article/high...kcra.comHighway 50 fully reopens after deadly afternoon standoff in SacramentoA man fatally shot a woman in the parking lot of a Panera Bread restaurant in Sacramento on Tuesday and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with law enforcement shut down High... 7699
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Not paying people for their time and expertise and calling it ‘exposure’ is exploitation dressed up as an opportunity. Yes, this is a subtweet. (Or whatever that’s called on BlueSky). 3498
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Have you seen the @sfchronicle.com article “New calculations raise the odds of a major Bay Area earthquake”? Here’s my hot take. 🔥 Article 👉 www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... 58720
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I’m sad to miss the SCEC meeting but it’s totally worth it to spend this time with my kiddos. 🌴🏊♂️🎢 2350
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Our Universal Studios Florida step count beat our Disneyland step count, but just barely. It poured down rain both days. 0170
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m not a regular at the Ritz-Carlton. Do they do this every night? 2263
Reposted by Dr. Wendy BohonDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The source of the flood in Nepal is a collapsed glacier 🧪⚒️ 611509747
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Some early reports said that the horrifying flooding in Nepal was the result of an earthquake. However, the signal was actually the recording of the landslide. TL:DR - there was no earthquake, it was a landslide. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 7274105
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It was lovely to work on this article with @meghansmiller.bsky.social and @ahusker.bsky.social. Hopefully it will help answer some of the ongoing questions about the recent destructive earthquakes. theconversation.com/are-earthqua...theconversation.comAre earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers sayScientists have been able to catalogue the largest earthquakes for a very long time. 17729
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Take a 2 min break and fly along the central San Andreas fault with me 510417
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I did a thing the other week and forgot to tell y’all about it. 5761
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“Rigorous science creates knowledge; effective communication helps that knowledge reach society and create impact.” - Ali Osman Öncel 👏👏👏 0337
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Starting soon! www.kqed.org/forum/201010...kqed.orgIs California Ready for `The Big One?’ | KQEDWe look at the latest science, California preparedness and why we still can’t predict earthquakes. 1164
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026For those of you in Northern California - I’ll be on KQED this morning at 10. Listen if you can! 4242
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026My TikTok metrics from the past week are wild. 3290
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Excellent 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. 2497
Reposted by Dr. Wendy BohonPacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Our colleagues at the Cascades Volcano Observatory captured the arrival of a bolide (large meteor) over western WA on their infrasound instruments! Check out the post from USGS Volcanoes here: www.facebook.com/share/p/19Bb... 611335
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Are we having more earthquakes than usual? Nope. I make some version of this video at least once or twice a year. . 48027
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026My husband just tried to correct me on an earthquake fact.static.klipy.comKamala Harris's Incredulous ReactionALT: Kamala Harris's Incredulous Reaction 111412
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is incorrect, but she is pleased with the misidentification. 1220
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I just ate the most delicious fig of my life and it turned my entire day around. It really is the little things ✨ 1761
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Watch the M6.8 Kumamoto, Japan earthquake rupture breaking the ground in real time in this security camera footage. 36813
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026M 7.7 earthquake 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 512748
Reposted by Dr. Wendy BohonBrittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“It may feel like we’re having an unusually large number of earthquakes, but statistically, this has been a fairly normal year,” said Wendy Bohon, a geologist who studies earthquakes. Here's why it seems like we're having more earthquakes lately, and what we can do to prepare for The Big One.huffpost.comWhy Are There So Many Earthquakes Happening? We Asked Geologists.The recent string of earthquakes are a reminder that we need to be prepared for “The Big One.” 04618
Reposted by Dr. Wendy BohonHenning @geohenning.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A new video emerged which seems to show a surface rupture in Yatsushiro, Japan following the M6.8 earthquake in July! Exact location of the video would be 32°30'04.0"N 130°38'29.9"E. Absolutely wild. Only the second ever video of a surface rupture forming after the 2025 Myanmar video! ⚒️🧪 #geology 17578213
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Having we been having more earthquakes than usual? No, but the ones that have occurred have had devastating impacts. www.huffpost.com/entry/major-...huffpost.comWhy Are There So Many Earthquakes Happening? We Asked Geologists.The recent string of earthquakes are a reminder that we need to be prepared for “The Big One.” 24617
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026M 4.1 earthquake 4 km N of San Leandro, CA generated a @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social Did you feel it? Report it! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 2319
Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026When it comes to earthquake impact, magnitude is only one part of the story. 04816