Idaho started shaking March 31. Why hasn’t it stopped? Geologists research Sawtooth fault

Idaho Statesman ^ | 7/6/2020 | Natalia Gutierrez-Pinto & Nicole Blanchard

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The shaking started March 31.

That’s when the Sawtooth mountain range in central Idaho trembled with a 6.5-magnitude earthquake — the second strongest ever recorded in Idaho.

From that very moment, geologists rushed to the epicenter area — 45 miles west of Challis — to start collecting valuable information that could help them understand what happened.

Three months later, the rumbling still hasn’t subsided as aftershocks continue to jar the area. But now scientists have a better idea of what may have led to the major earthquake — and it’s helping them uncover some other secrets buried under Idaho’s soil.

IDAHO FAULT DISCOVERED ONLY A DECADE AGO

Idaho sits on the northern end of an area that is geologically very active, known by geologists as the Basin and Range Province. The earth crust in this area is constantly stretching and breaking in multiple places, creating hundreds of geological faults over long periods of time.

[Bob434]

Idaho started shaking March 31. Why hasn’t it stopped?

It’s afraid of murder hornets?

[BBQToadRibs]

Eddie Money - Shakin’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tcD_dVcXE4

[FreedomNotSafety]

It’s being cause by:

Climate Change
Fracking
Trump

I’m sure it’s one of those.

[Newtoidaho]

Too many fat liberal Karens moving in from CA, OR and WA.

[lee martell]

Shake It Up! by The Cars.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Nope...it’s the well-armed and well-regulated militia being called out to fight antifa.

[TexasM1A]

Its the COVID.....

[wetgundog]

The potatoes are restless.

[DocRock]

I document seismic events and create time lapse videos of the color spectrographs. Here is a link to the Idaho event LINK.

The main event starts at 3:35 into vid.

Visit the source for links to the software and resources to monitor seismic events and latest data. Rock Fight

[Darksheare]

Don’t look at me, I’m nowhere near there.

[SunkenCiv]

It's related to the global warming induced capsizing of Guam, Neil Armstrong's US flag fluttering on Mars, the black hole that destroyed flight MH370, and Trump's Russian collusion and pro-Confederate divisive racism. Do I really need a sarc tag or rimshot?

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[Dacula]

Real cool videos. Maybe some bar or drinking establishment will want the soundtrack.

[dragnet2]

Don’t not tie up the boat in Idaho.

[MrChips]

It’s because of fracking in nearby Pennsylvania.

[Old Yeller]

Splash, splash I was takin a bath,,,

[BradyLS]

Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on!

[Bull Snipe]

No, just the planet doing what it does. We count for nothing in the face of the forces that move the earth.

[DocRock]

Thanks

[VanShuyten]

That’s not too far from some of my favorite Idaho hot springs. One of my favorites is right on the river looking up to the Sawtooth range.