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Earthquake swarm near the Salton Sea
USGS ^ | 08/26/2012

Posted on 08/26/2012 12:47:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Keep getting bigger.

Unusual.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: earthquake; saltonsea; saltonseaearthquakes
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To: BenLurkin
Uh oh.

An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Discovering the creatures, a Naval officer and several scientists attempt to stop the monsters, but they escape into the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.

21 posted on 08/26/2012 1:06:44 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: mardi59

He has to be weeping at the whole state of this crazy messed up world.


22 posted on 08/26/2012 1:07:06 PM PDT by JFC
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To: SumProVita

About 160 miles from Imperial Beach to Salton Sea, mas o menos.


23 posted on 08/26/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: BenLurkin
On February 20, 1943 just outside the Tarascan Indian village of Paricutin, Mexico a new volcano was born out of nowhere.
They called it the volcano in a corn field.
Yes folks, these volcanos can pop up like a pimple out of nowhere sometimes given the right conditions.
24 posted on 08/26/2012 1:14:16 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: forgotten man

As did I.


25 posted on 08/26/2012 1:14:43 PM PDT by p. henry
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To: txhurl

Maybe LA and San Fran will fall of the coast ping.


26 posted on 08/26/2012 1:17:20 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (RINO season is open. No limit. Make them extinct.)
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To: forgotten man

Thanks. You are correct. I honestly had no idea that these volcanoes were in that area.

From the article I should have read more carefully:

“The buttes are small volcanoes with an explosive past. Miles below them is a pool of magma that is 15 miles wide. About 8,000 years ago, the buttes erupted, causing magma to flow which cooled into obsidian rock.

The damage from those eruptions was limited to the surrounding area, but if a major earthquake hit along the San Andreas Fault, geologists said there could be trouble.

“It really pumps energy into a freshly enlarged magma body,” said Abbot. “That would be a worst-case scenario.”

Unstable magma may find a path to the surface, which would result in the buttes erupting, oozing lava and spewing ash.”

Muy interesante...


27 posted on 08/26/2012 1:19:47 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: SumProVita

Link to the article in post #17.


28 posted on 08/26/2012 1:21:06 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: SumProVita
The buttes are 120 miles, 140 if you drive it, from Imperial Beach. Not in the same neighborhood at all. (roughly the same distance, though in a different direction, that Los Angeles would be.)
29 posted on 08/26/2012 1:23:56 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: SumProVita; Trueblackman; palmer; forgotten man; All

Series of quakes rock San Diego region
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/26/series-quakes-rock-region/
by Gary Robbins
1:01 p.m., Aug. 26, 2012
Updated 1:11 p.m.

A series of three sizable earthquakes erupted early Sunday afternoon on the San Andreas fault, south of the Salton Sea, causing shaking that was felt across the region from San Diego and Imperial counties to northern Orange County.m

The first quakehead a 5.3 that occurred four miles southeast of Westmorland at 12:30 p.m, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

That was followed one minute later by a 5.4 quake in the same area. Then there was another 5.3 at 12:32 p.m. a short distance away, the USGS said.

Since then there have been two quakes above 3.1 and two quakes above 4.0 in that area.

Three quakes of that size close in time is unusual, but it does not necessarily mean a larger event is imminent, earthquake experts.

However, the quake occurred at the very southern end of the San Andreas. Scientists are concerned that the entire stretch of the San Andreas will someday snap, causing a catastrophic quake.

The quake caused a lot of shaking in the heavily congested stands at the Del Mar race track and people did look around but there was no panic.

Tom Rockwell, seismologist at SDSU said: “Today’s event occurred in the Brawley Seismic Zone, an area where the San Andreas and Imperial faults come together. It’s a very seismically active region.:

But Rockwell said having three 5.0 earthquakes is very unusual so close in time.

“The big concern is if a moderate earthquake would lead to a larger earthquake on the San Andreas,” Rockwell said.


30 posted on 08/26/2012 1:24:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SumProVita

Mayhap the illegal invaders dug a tunnel too deep to get across the border. :)


31 posted on 08/26/2012 1:25:40 PM PDT by Ingtar (Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s “A View To A Kill” all over again!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090264/


32 posted on 08/26/2012 1:28:55 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Arrowhead1952

They just keep coming right now.


33 posted on 08/26/2012 1:30:06 PM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks for the update. YES, the number of these quakes is very unusual.


34 posted on 08/26/2012 1:31:07 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: BenLurkin

Just sat thru this swarm. We had a 7.2 on Easter a couple of years ago but these were frightening. I thought at least one would be at 6.5 or above but I got fooled because we had three separate quakes 5.3 then 5.4 and finally 5.3 all in under 50 seconds.


35 posted on 08/26/2012 1:31:26 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: WalterSkinner

It is already ~200 ft below sea level.


36 posted on 08/26/2012 1:31:44 PM PDT by ThomasThomas
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To: Cyman

Stay safe!


37 posted on 08/26/2012 1:36:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve got the earthquake, real-time list going for the USGS. Almost all the quakes for the last 4 hours in Brawley just spit out the “computer message, not reviewed by a seismologist”. Wondering why? I can’t fathom a reason unless their computer has taken over. (slight attempt at humor) Any ideas?


38 posted on 08/26/2012 1:37:19 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: BenLurkin

Three more have just hit in the last few minutes, all the 3.0 varierty.


39 posted on 08/26/2012 1:37:41 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: BenLurkin

The first few were 4 pointers and then a couple of 5 pointers, one of which I felt over in San Diego, a mild jolt with a little creaking of the building.


40 posted on 08/26/2012 1:40:01 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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