1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2024-030-FA

Identifier 2024-030-FA
Alternate names 2024 Mendocino M7.0 RROBS Deployment
Purpose To deploy rapid response ocean bottom seismometers (RROBS) offshore of Cape Mendocino to record aftershocks following Dec 5th 2024 M7.0 earthquake.
Location Offshore of Cape Mendocino within 40 Nautical Miles
Summary Deployment of 9 rapid-response ocean-bottom seismographs (RROBS) to record aftershocks from the December 5, 2024 M7.0 Mendocino earthquake. All RROBS were deployed from the USCGC Barracuda, sailing to and from Eurkeka, CA on December 15, 2024. The instruments came from the USGS-WHOI RROBS facility and were supported by staff from WHOI and USGS. Data will be archived with the Earthscope Data Management Center.
Info derived Ocean bottom seismometer, navigation
Comments RROBS were recovered under Field Activity 2025-008-FA.
Projects
Related activities
2025-008-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Other
Itinerary
Start Eureka, CA 2024-12-11
End Eureka, CA 2025-02-18
Bounds
West -126.07910156
East -124.60693359
North 40.86367967
South 40.01078714

Personnel

Organization
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution(WHOI)
Woods Hole, MA02543
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Nathaniel C Miller
Crew members
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Wayne E Baldwin
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Hannah Brewer (WHOI-OBSIC)

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Data will be archived with the Earthscope Data Management Center. Additional information is available from the recovery activity 2025-008-FA (https://compass.er.usgs.gov/wh/fa-guide.php?fan=2025-008-FA) Ocean Bottom Seismometer (no data reported)
DGPS Data will be archived with the Earthscope Data Management Center. Additional information is available from the recovery activity 2025-008-FA (https://compass.er.usgs.gov/wh/fa-guide.php?fan=2025-008-FA) Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity