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Posted on 11/18/2010 5:17:15 PM PST by FromLori
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Scientists at Idaho State University have mapped a previously unknown and active seismic fault in the northern Rockies capable of unleashing an earthquake with a magnitude as high as 7.5. The newly discovered fault in central Idaho does not lie in a densely populated area.
But Glenn Thackray, chairman of the university's geosciences department, said the 40-mile-long fracture in the Earth's crust at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains near the tiny mountain town of Stanley is cause for some concern.
"There's a chance in the next few decades there will be an earthquake on this fault, and if it does happen it will be a rather large earthquake," he said. A 7.5 tremor is considered a major earthquake, capable of widespread heavy damage.
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good find. Thank you.
Soon to be named, ‘Bush’s Fault’.
/mark
Swell! we moved from Kalifornia to Idaho.. we have fires and now earthquakes it seems!
LOL, you are BAD.
Don’t forget that most of the flat land in Idaho is a former series of volcanoes/hot spot.
You did notice the volcanic artifacts didn’t you?
Craters of the Moon. The Island Park caldera.
Yellowstone National Park. That 5 mile wide
ooze of lava on I-15 from mile post 100 to 105.
Lava Hot Springs. Just a few clues. Nearby Earthquake
Lake is worthy of a visit too.
Not suprising. The Sawtooth area is wonderfully beautiful and has outstanding fishing on both sides of the mountains. We loved to vacation there when we lived in Northern Nevada.
No I did not. I drove from San Diego to my front door and never looked around much. I am in Northern part of Idaho.
3.3 quake today in Nickerson NE....about 100 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa.
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html
And the New Madrid keeps rumbling....
No surprise there.
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“There’s a chance in the next few decades there will be an earthquake on this fault, and if it does happen it will be a rather large earthquake,”
Great, I’ll have a front row seat for this one, instead of having to wait an hour or two for the Yellowstone caldera ash cloud to bury me.
That was You!!! I waved, but you didn't seem to notice me...I thought "that one seemed a little cold"...
Welcome Home. :-)
You missed the Challis earthquake.
Here’s some history.
http://www.idahogeology.org/services/GeologicHazards/Earthquakes/historiceqs.html
These so-called scientists are ‘twits’.
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