For you geology fans, a fascinating article about a new (old) fault on the Nevada border. Those of you who frequent US Route 395 may find it interesting particularly interesting.
https://www.wired.co...?mbid=synd_digg
Move over, San Andreas fault
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Posted 19 April 2019 - 05:52 AM
very cool read... thanks!
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Posted 19 April 2019 - 02:14 PM
I remember the earlier discussions about this possibility as mentioned in the article. Image the big fault jumping to the east side of the Sierra Nevada Range and heading north with San Francisco, fascinating stuff to contemplate. takesiteasy, thanks for posting the link to this article! 
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Posted 19 April 2019 - 06:57 PM
Here"s your chance to buy some property in eastern Ca. for future beach front housing.
What a plan just wait around 4/10 million years.
What an idea.
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Posted 19 April 2019 - 07:55 PM
Benton Springs fault is part of this system, moving at about 1mm/yr and providing the plumbing for the hot springs - whoo-hoo! 
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Posted 20 April 2019 - 01:32 AM
On a human timescale, I recall seeing a documentary years ago about the possible damage to the Naval Weapons Depot in China Lake or the Army Depot in Hawthorne Nv if there were to be an earthquake larger than the 1995 5.8 Ridgecrest temblor. I think the documentary was done during the time the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Depository was being hotly debated. Maybe some of you with much better memories would remember this ( and more accurately too)!! Sorry for being nihilistic - I like the beach front idea much better. Thanks for posting the article.
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Posted 20 April 2019 - 05:09 PM
For you geology fans, a fascinating article about a new (old) fault on the Nevada border. Those of you who frequent US Route 395 may find it interesting particularly interesting.
I enjoyed that Takesiteasy....interesting stuff. Wish I could be around to see even a fraction of the possible changes.....heck who knows maybe we all will.
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Posted 20 April 2019 - 10:09 PM
.................heck who knows maybe we all will.
there'd be a whole lot of shaking going on.
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Posted 21 April 2019 - 12:15 AM
I enjoyed that Takesiteasy....interesting stuff. Wish I could be around to see even a fraction of the possible changes.....heck who knows maybe we all will.
Could happen. I'd be content with a time-lapse viewed from a distance. I've got family in the Bay area and keep hoping the big changes are still well in the future.
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Posted 21 April 2019 - 03:20 AM
Great find Takesiteasy. The maps of the two scenarios really struck me. The Walker Lane just seems so much more probable. I forwarded it to all my Geo peeps.
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