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I read an interesting article about a relatively new fault zone, relatively new in the sense that it was realized after GPS stations were distributed by DOE in SW Nevada with the intent of demonstrating stability of the region near Yucca Mountain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Lane
The article on Wired - https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andreas-fault/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquakehttp://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/landers1992.htmlhttps://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70168821https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Big_Bear_earthquakehttp://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/bigbear1992.html
U.S. route 395 runs north from Hesperia and Victorville, California, northeast of Los Angeles, running up to Reno, Nevada along the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada. The highway passes black cinder cones of Coso Volcanic Field and eroded scars of a mighty 19th-century earthquake near Lone Pine, and Hot Creek (near Mammoth Lakes), where one might see steam from water that boils up from an active supervolcano deep underground. Just east of Yosemite National Park near the Nevada border lies Mono Lake, with its surreal mineral formations known as tufa towers. James Faulds, Nevada’s state geologist, sees them as evidence for potential seismic and tectonic activity.
Another feature in Nevada is Pyramid Lake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada)
Most of the attention in California is focused on the San Andreas Fault and related faults between LA and San Francisco - probably because of the population density and expensive real estate.
Nevertheless, folks along eastern California and western Nevada should be aware of potentially strong seismic activity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Lane
The article on Wired - https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andreas-fault/
In the late 1980s, Stanford geologist Amos Nur coauthored a paper speculating that the San Andreas Fault might be looking for a new outlet in the Mojave Desert. Several years later, a strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake near the town of Landers, California, supplied compelling evidence that Nur might be right: Following that quake, a string of mysterious aftershocks rumbled up the Eastern Sierra, illuminating a network of faults that geologists had not previously thought were connected. This was the Walker Lane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquakehttp://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/landers1992.htmlhttps://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70168821https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Big_Bear_earthquakehttp://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/bigbear1992.html
U.S. route 395 runs north from Hesperia and Victorville, California, northeast of Los Angeles, running up to Reno, Nevada along the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada. The highway passes black cinder cones of Coso Volcanic Field and eroded scars of a mighty 19th-century earthquake near Lone Pine, and Hot Creek (near Mammoth Lakes), where one might see steam from water that boils up from an active supervolcano deep underground. Just east of Yosemite National Park near the Nevada border lies Mono Lake, with its surreal mineral formations known as tufa towers. James Faulds, Nevada’s state geologist, sees them as evidence for potential seismic and tectonic activity.
Another feature in Nevada is Pyramid Lake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada)
Most of the attention in California is focused on the San Andreas Fault and related faults between LA and San Francisco - probably because of the population density and expensive real estate.
Nevertheless, folks along eastern California and western Nevada should be aware of potentially strong seismic activity.
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