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Scientists may be cracking mystery of big 1872 earthquake
Phys.org ^
| 11/27/2014
| Sandi Doughton
Posted on 12/01/2014 9:36:18 AM PST by JimSEA
Geologists may be close to cracking one of the biggest seismological mysteries in the Pacific Northwest: the origin of a powerful earthquake that rattled seven states and provinces when Ulysses S. Grant was president.
Preliminary evidence points to a newly discovered fault near the town of Entiat in Chelan County, Wash. The find adds to a growing body of evidence that Central and Eastern Washington are more quake-prone than previously thought, and will help refine seismic risks in an area that's home to 1.5 million people, more than a dozen hydropower dams and the Hanford nuclear reservation, said Craig Weaver, regional chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake programs
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-11-scientists-mystery-big-earthquake.html#jCp
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: 1872; catastrophism; chelancounty; earthquake; entiat; geology; hiramulyssesgrant; ulyssessgrant; washington
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At the source, there are some interesting written accounts from the time of the earthquake. Be careful when you say you don't live in an earthquake zone!
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posted on
12/01/2014 9:36:18 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA; SunkenCiv
Possibly of some interest.
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posted on
12/01/2014 9:37:24 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
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posted on
12/01/2014 9:53:22 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Not my fault.pport liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Darksheare
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posted on
12/01/2014 9:55:25 AM PST
by
cogito3
To: JimSEA
FRACKING?...................
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posted on
12/01/2014 9:58:34 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: cogito3
How about Doctor Loveless? Maybe he had a hand in it too.
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:02:15 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: JimSEA
Geologists may be close to cracking one of the biggest seismological mysteries in the Pacific Northwest: the origin of a powerful earthquake that rattled seven states and provinces when Ulysses S. Grant was president. You don't want to know, Mr. President...
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:03:53 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
To: Red Badger
No, no.
SUV’s and logging.
And McDonalds not having calorie labels.
Obviously.
;-)
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:04:23 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Not my fault.pport liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: JimSEA
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:04:37 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: Darksheare
or Glowbull Warming...................
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:06:04 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: JimSEA
Neat!
Seems though that it's a little late to do anything about the dams and nuclear facilities that are already there. Looks like Hanford nuclear site is 100 miles SE of the epicenter.
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:06:46 AM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: thackney
9:00 PM?
Was that Pacific Standard time?...............8^)
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:07:29 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Or them bigfeets out there squatchin around!
(Sidenote, there is a small faultline to my west. It jiggled a bit when that one quake hit upper NY a few years back. Shook the house we were in a bit.)
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:10:21 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Not my fault.pport liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Red Badger
Yep.
Most of the time is calculated off the written records of the arrival time in Japan of the Tsunami.
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12/01/2014 10:10:43 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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We're going to need a big push to
wrap this up. Let's git 'er done.
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:11:03 AM PST
by
RedMDer
(I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
To: JimSEA
The most dangerous fault in the USA.
A sizable quake would damage Seattle, Vancouver and much of the Oregon coast
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:14:46 AM PST
by
Zathras
To: Zathras
"The most dangerous fault in the USA." More dangerous than New Madrid?
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:18:25 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: Zathras
“The most dangerous fault in the USA.”
Actually that would be New Madrid.
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:18:39 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.d)
To: freedumb2003
"I admit it, it's my fault!"
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posted on
12/01/2014 10:21:15 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(Southern and dang proud of it)
To: thackney
We have an unfortunately short attention span. That 1700 tsunami always nags at the back of my mind when we drive over to the Oregon coast.
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posted on
12/01/2014 11:05:19 AM PST
by
JimSEA
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