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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2021 11:38:18 GMT -7
California usually gets all the "glory," but Utah isn't far behind - ranked 9th in severity among the states. www.livescience.com/1140-study-lists-top-10-earthquake-states.htmlAlaska is first, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Oregon as #10. many, but not random! Western Utah is moving west. More than 700 quakes occur here every year in over 215 potentially active faults, the biggest being the northern Wasatch Fault and the southern Hurricane fault. So the US is becoming wider - separating where the Rio Grand runs north and south, and along the Wasatch Front, And where California is cutting free.
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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2021 11:39:18 GMT -7
@gemfeller, I sleep with that book (Annals of the Former World)in my bookcase headboard and re-read it about every four years. John did one heck of a job in writing it! I figured McPhee probably hadn't escaped your attention. I do much the same -- the subject and writing are so compelling I re-read the books often.
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