WARMUP AND WHAT FOLLOWS. COMING UP. USGS IS REPORTING ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE FELT IN THE GRANITE STATE THIS MORNING. IT’S REPORTING A 2.0 EARTHQUAKE ABOUT 11.8 MILES OFF THE COAST OF PORTSMOUTH.

Earthquakes form when two tectonic plates moving ... The nucleation fronts need to be modeled in 2D, not 1D. Instead of thinking of a crack as a line separating broken from unbroken material ...