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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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To: Strategerist

I don’t know...I can’t recall the last 6 or above in NE Nevada.


22 posted on 02/21/2008 6:48:31 AM PST by dragnet2 (q)
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To: Strategerist
"Nevada is stretching apart, and there are numerous North-South faults (on the edges of each moutain range). "

I thought it was Bush's fault?

64 posted on 02/21/2008 7:25:29 AM PST by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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