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To: NY.SS-Bar9

Sparsely populated area near I-80....NE Nevada....Interesting place for a quake


14 posted on 02/21/2008 6:44:33 AM PST by dragnet2 (q)
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To: dragnet2

Pretty routine for the Basin and Range. Nevada is stretching apart, and there are numerous North-South faults (on the edges of each moutain range). The ranges swing higher as if on a hinge, and when they do by several feet, you have one of these earthquakes.


20 posted on 02/21/2008 6:46:55 AM PST by Strategerist
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