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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Barrage of 130 earthquakes rattle Death Valley |
| 2024-11-02 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A flurry of earthquakes have rattled California's Death Valley, raising concerns that a bigger more devastating one could be imminent. Since October 9, 130 quakes have struck the National Park, according to USGS geophysicist Elizabeth Cochran. The largest ones occurred on October 25, clocking in at magnitudes 4.7 and 4.5. The spate of tremors has not caused any damage in the park or to nearby towns and cities but the shaking has been felt 150miles away in Las Vegas. The park's fault system is known for its intense seismic activity, producing earthquakes up to magnitude 7. This cluster of earthquakes, considered a 'swarm', aren't necessarily unusual, but experts have raised concerns that this uptick in activity could mean a bigger quake is coming. 'That level of shaking is something we carefully monitor, as it could significantly impact the Las Vegas valley,' Christie Rowe, Director of the Nevada Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno, told KTNV Las Vegas. Earthquake clusters are common in Nevada, but 'they do increase our alert levels because sometimes a larger earthquake follows,' Rowe said. And when one cluster dies down, another usually isn't far behind, she said, explaining that this pattern of activity tends to continue along the California-Nevada border or on central Nevada. Death Valley has a history of producing major earthquakes. In 2019, a magnitude 7.1 tremblor struck an area just 30 miles away from this current swarm, leaving a deep crack in the ground near Ridgecrest, California, that has since become a local tourist attraction. Three main fault lines run through Death Valley: the Northern Death Valley Fault Zone (NDVFZ), the Black Mountains Fault Zone (BMFZ), and the Southern Death Valley Fault Zone (SDVFZ). These two states see the second and fourth most earthquakes in the US annually. Earthquake clusters in California often spark fears of The Big One - a hypothetical high-magnitude quake that experts say could strike at any time along the San Andreas fault. But there's no reason to believe that this recent swarm of earthquakes could cause instability in San Andreas fault, or that it could trigger The Big One. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 I know she's high or drunk a lot of the time but Wonder Hussy does live in Death Valley, makes 2 or more videos a week about what's happening in Death Valley and makes no mention of noticing earthquakes. I know that booze and dope might cause one to not notice a real lurch but... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2024-11-02 19:02 |
| #1 Coincident with the recent solar flaring. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-02 09:04 |