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Title: Article on old earthquake
Post by: Scalphunter on January 26, 2010, 06:31:06 PM

Here is an article that is interesting including an make shift semisograph. To those in California it may not be of any interesr.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF18/1860.html

John

Title: Re: Article on old earthquake
Post by: Cienega32 on January 29, 2010, 06:07:36 AM

From what I think I remember reading some years ago, Alaska's fault types make it possible for 10+ magnitude quakes there while California's are supposedly limited to under 9 or 8.5 or some lower number. Not that it would matter, IMHO, at that magnitude.

Title: Re: Article on old earthquake
Post by: Scalphunter on January 30, 2010, 03:00:38 AM

Just about all the faults here are subductions.... Thats why the Alaskan Range still growing.....Denali does about 3 centimeter an year.

John