Post by Eric Gajewski on Jan 31, 2018 6:03:57 GMT
TRADCATKNIGHT: California overdue for a major earthquake
Richard Aster is a professor of geophysics at Colorado State University
California earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island on Jan. 23, 2018 was just the latest reminder of major seismic activity along the Pacific Rim.
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2018/01/california-overdue-for-major-earthquake.html#more
Richard Aster is a professor of geophysics at Colorado State University
California earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island on Jan. 23, 2018 was just the latest reminder of major seismic activity along the Pacific Rim.
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2018/01/california-overdue-for-major-earthquake.html#more