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Unprecedented Movement Detected on Mojave Desert Fault Capable of 8.0 Earthquake: Caltech
ktla ^ | 10/17/2019

Posted on 10/17/2019 2:00:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin

In the modern historical record, the 160-mile-long Garlock fault on the northern edge of the Mojave Desert has never been observed to produce either a strong earthquake or to even creep — the slow movement between earthquakes that causes a visible scar on the ground surface. But new satellite radar images now show that the fault has started to move, causing a bulging of land that can be viewed from space.

“This is surprising, because we’ve never seen the Garlock fault do anything. Here, all of a sudden, it changed its behavior,” said the lead author of the study, Zachary Ross, assistant professor of geophysics at Caltech. “We don’t know what it means.”

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: caltech; earthquake; fault; garlock; garlockfault; mojavedesert
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To: D_Idaho

You know. Like algore.


21 posted on 10/17/2019 2:45:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

San Fran has experienced 2 small quakes recently, they are “late” and due for an 8.0+ according to some scientists.


22 posted on 10/17/2019 2:48:46 PM PDT by The Louiswu (MAGAa)
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To: BenLurkin

I can guess what it might mean.


23 posted on 10/17/2019 3:07:58 PM PDT by umgud
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To: BenLurkin

LOL


24 posted on 10/17/2019 3:08:06 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

Climate change! Only higher taxes and lower emissions can stop the earthquake!


25 posted on 10/17/2019 3:19:31 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: BusterDog

Garlock, is your fault slipping or are you just happy to see me?


26 posted on 10/17/2019 3:24:46 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: BusterDog
You can see Garlock’s bulge from space.

I thought Michelle's maiden name was Robinson.

27 posted on 10/17/2019 8:01:39 PM PDT by Bernard (We will stop calling you Fake News when you stop being Fake News)
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