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To: Bob434

I’ve long suggested the Mid-American rift is the cause of the swarm in KS and OK.


10 posted on 08/30/2015 9:47:45 PM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: Crazieman

“I’ve long suggested the Mid-American rift is the cause of the swarm in KS and OK.”

The New Madrid Fault System
Earthquake activity in the New Madrid region is concentrated in an area of weak ancient crust called the Reelfoot Rift. About one billion years ago the
continent began to rift apart in this region, but the rifting never completed. What remains is a weak zone in the continent which has been reactivated by present-day stresses in Earth, resulting in seismic activity.
http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_publ/Flyers/PDFs/NMstructure.pdf


14 posted on 08/30/2015 11:02:30 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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