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User ID: 52719816 United States 01/23/2014 02:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Far from being dead, study suggests New Madrid fault zone still alive and active Reported today in The journal Science U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough and USGS geophysicist Morgan Page in Pasadena, Calif.,latest study suggests, past quakes in the New Madrid region are not signs of a dead zone but something more, and used computer modeling to determine that the continuing tremors are not related to the big quakes two centuries ago. "Our new results tell us that something is going on there, and therefore a repeat of the 1811-1812 sequence is possible," Hough said. The USGS estimates there's a 7 to 10 percent chance of that happening in the next 50 years. [ link to www.foxnews.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52982497 United States 01/23/2014 02:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Far from being dead, study suggests New Madrid fault zone still alive and active Little Wabash is the real danger. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52672807 United States 01/24/2014 02:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Far from being dead, study suggests New Madrid fault zone still alive and active Glad I did a search, I was just about to post this also. Another source: [ link to news.yahoo.com] |
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User ID: 52719816 United States 01/26/2014 07:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Far from being dead, study suggests New Madrid fault zone still alive and active Western Kentucky just had a 2.4EQ |