A week of earthquakes in the Intermountain West.

earthquake of Intermountain West

The Intermountain West corridor: All of Utah and up to Yellowstone; a discrete part of the US allowing me to indulge my hobby of observing seismic events on a weekly basis.

 

Micro earthquakes, minor earthquakes and any biggies: they are all interesting to watch. When, where, how big (on the Richter Scale), how deep, their effect on local topography ~ all interesting, to me, at least.

 

And a week is a non-demanding period of observation supported by a progressive map provided by the US Seismic Service, at the University of Utah.

 

26 earthquakes in the region in the last week, more than previous few weeks, but still below our average for events here. Nothing major to report – 2.1 appears biggest, to my south. (You might remember that I live in the “Heigh Diddle Diddle” of my observed area).

 

My hobby has to compete with recent trendy phenomena (Eclipse of the Sun, last night’s partial eclipse of the Moon, and tomorrow’s Transit of Venus) so my recruits have been sparse ~ but I persevere. 

 

As usual I provide my information to inform never to alarm,

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Star Posted by Larry O'Sullivan on 06/04/2012 03:35 PM   Comments (18)   in the ActiveRain Channel   intermountain west, seismic events  
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18 Comments on A week of earthquakes in the Intermountain West.

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Larry, I didn't know Utah had earthquakes! Thanks for the post, have a great week,
3:40pm • #1
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Sounds like you have an exciting hobby. Thank goodness, we have only had slight problems in the area I live in. Be safe while you pursue your hobby.

Betty
3:40pm • #2
400,702 Points 8 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Larry - This is great information for potential buyers who don't know that Utah is an earthquake state.  Nicely done!
4:09pm • #3
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I didn't know you have quakes out there.  We had a small one over the weekend in San Jose.  I didn't feel it but many people did.  I've been through a couple big ones.
4:11pm • #4
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As someone who has lived in California - San Jose, I have been through a few. When I moved to Boston for school I learned that even in the East coast there is a possibility of earthquakes, which did not make mw feel to safe in my old brick building. In recent examples last year earthquake in the east coast and the earthquake in Haiti a few years back
4:48pm • #5
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Larry, This is very informative and good information for people to know. Thanks for sharing.
6:10pm • #7
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Interesting hobby.  There is much to know and learn from them.  Thanks for the info.
6:36pm • #8
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This is an interesting hobby.  Have you found any way to predict the bigger quakes?
7:17pm • #9
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I have not seen anything about this in the mainstream news or media. Why not????

 
7:47pm • #10
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Larry, thanks for your information and analysis.  I was unaware of the quakes before reading your post.
9:35pm • #11
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Hi Larry, sounds like you have a very interesting hobby. Thanks for shaing such

great information on your part of the world. Stop by and see me in Boca Raton, Fla.

on the Atlantic Ocean .
3:30am • #12
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Interesting stuff Larry.  Thanks for sharing this with us.                                                                                               
8:59am • #13
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Hi Larry, I too, did not know that Utah had so many earthquakes. It is a scary hobby to have. Do you have your emergency kit ready?
9:08am • #14
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Interesting thing to follow...  I live in the heart of earthquake country, and we truly have too many earthquakes (mostly unfelt) to count.  It is amazing to go to the Nat'l Geo site and see all that have occured though.
9:42am • #15
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We have actually had a few minor tremors here in parts of Texas which is really rare.  We all need to remember that the crust of the earth is not a fixed item!  It is always moving.
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Larry congrats on a featured post have a blessed day. How is your 100 day challenge going
12:26pm • #17
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Larry:

I knew that Utah and Colorado have earthquakes.  That is a seismic area, remember the volcanoes in Yellowstone?  I rarely check earthquake activity here.  They are part of our lives in California.  There is nothing I can do to prevent them from occurring.  I am prepared, I am a certified disaster service worker with Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training.  I have prepared my house as much as I can. Now I am just waiting.
2:01pm • #18
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All - whodathought, a description of my localised hobby might generate a spate of comment.

I take local seismic activity as a given. To me the earth is a living, changing thing, producing local beauty from eons of movement and wear. That seismic movements occur is purely a fact of life as is being prepared for maximum occurrences.

The State of Utah recently conducted earthquake drills called "Duck and Cover"to raise awareness; many residents have household individual 72 hour emergency packs and assigned relief roles. My hobby is not designed to predict major events, but to observe natural occurrences.

Note my rejoinder: I look to inform, never to alarm.

Thank you for your interesting remarks.
3:00pm • #19

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