Posted on 12/14/2016 4:50:08 PM PST by BenLurkin
The quake hit at 8:41 AM local time, less than a mile from the surface. A second smaller quake hit five minutes later.
"The earthquake was the largest in the Geysers area in the past 30 years. This magnitude 5.0 earthquake is only marginally larger than previous earthquakes at the Geysers," USGS Research geophysicist J. Ole Kaven wrote to SFGATE. "This earthquake occurred on the western margin of where previous seismicity has been located."
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"The historical record of earthquakes in this area suggests that earthquakes as large as today's are likely to be near the upper magnitude limit," wrote Kaven. "Unlike the Rodgers Creek-Maacama fault to the southwest of the Geysers, there are no mapped, through-going faults in the steam field that are likely to sustain large (greater than magnitude 6.0) quakes. As long as steam production continues at the Geysers, earthquakes will occur."
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I am sure the “logical and wise” do vote the RIGHT way....there are just not enough of them.
You do know that if that occurred free republic may be down for a long time if that happened
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Calistoga hydro-thermal system is at the north end of the Napa valley.
>You do know that if that occurred free republic may be down for a long time if that happened
I do know that a web server and its software cares not where it runs if written properly.
Truth above all else.
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