unusual tremor pattern/Nevada

[texasmom]

RENO, Nev. —  Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors.

More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest quake around Reno since one measuring 5.2 in 1953, said researchers at the seismological laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Seismologists said the recent activity is unusual because the quakes started out small and continue to build in strength. The normal pattern is for a main quake followed by smaller aftershocks.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352744,00.html

Interesting about the activity they're talking about here. Hope it works out well for y'all out that way.

[moot]

It'd suck for Las Vegas to get hit..

[LTARGlok]

RENO, Nev. —  Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors.

More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest quake around Reno since one measuring 5.2 in 1953, said researchers at the seismological laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Seismologists said the recent activity is unusual because the quakes started out small and continue to build in strength. The normal pattern is for a main quake followed by smaller aftershocks.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352744,00.html

Interesting about the activity they're talking about here. Hope it works out well for y'all out that way.

My son lives 24 miles south of Reno.   But he left town to go camping in California for the weekend, hours before this earthquake hit.  So he did not even get the chance to experience it.

I felt a number of earthquakes back when I lived in California.   But none of them was anywhere near as frightening to behold as the Oakland East Hills Firestorm that struck in October of 1991.  2,843 single family homes were destroyed in that event, as well as 437 apartments.  Amazingly, only 25 people died.

The entire sky was filled with smoke.   And this was in a densely populated area filled with homes.   Words fail me to describe the sight, but here is a photo from the fire that pretty much shows the sight that I saw that day:




It was incredible how hot the fire got.  Homes were literally vaporized, leaving absolutely nothing:




So to me, earthquakes are nothing in comparison.   I would much rather experience another earthquake, than ever be close to a fire again.

I did drive through a thunder and lightning storm near Reno back in 1989.   That was a very bizarre experience, to see lightning strike all around you in the foothills.  Several small fires were started, but only a handful of homes were destroyed.

My son did experience that big Lake Tahoe fire that took place last June, as he lives immediately east of Lake Tahoe.   That fire was so huge, that the entire Carson Valley was filled with smoke for many days.   On the first day, he witnessed dozens of fire engines from Reno and elsewhere racing through Carson City, headed west up Highway 50 towards the lake.
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[lazs2]

funding for worthless earthquake research has been cut in half so the "scientists" are ramping up the fear factor for the sheeple.  Man made global.. whatever.. is fizzling so they are making the shift..

lazs

[Holden McGroin]

RENO, Nev. —  Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors.

What's the over/under at Harrah's?

[Ripsnort]

If memory serves me correctly, the small tremors can mean multiple scenarios, one of which is that the stress is a slow release of energy which is favorable to a large relief all at once.  So this could also mean good news for Reno.

[Holden McGroin]

There were a series of small temblors for the few months immediately prior to May 18, 1980 too.

Harmonic tremors, though, and I would think they could decipher that.

But Mammoth is only a hundred miles or so from Reno and has been an area of some scrutiny by vulcanologists.

[tapakeg]

RENO, Nev. —  Scientists urged Reno residents to prepare for a bigger event as the city kept rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long sequence of temblors.

More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the west edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit at 11:40 p.m. Friday, the strongest quake around Reno since a 5.1 temblor in 1953, said researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno's seismological laboratory.

Yeah,  it hit at a quarter to midnight and woke us up out of a dead sleep.  The day before we had a 3.something hit twice.  Nevada has more earthquake activity than California.  This was the second earthquake I have ever been in, both in Reno.  It is very strange to hear the earth rumbling.  We are about 15 miles from where all the activity is.  Our (DHBG) C.O. lives right in that area.


Tapakeg

[tapakeg]

another one hit Sunday morning

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080427/NEWS18/80427008

[xNOVAx]

Check out this link.. It shows all the recorded tremors within the last week..

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[Rollins]

There's a couple of big ones out here that are overdue to give Vegas a shake.  Check out Stateline fault and Frenchman Mountain fault.  That Frenchman fault is right under some real richy rich real estate, too

It's pretty interesting to check out, some of the roads in the area cut into the terrain and, when you know what you're looking for, you can see the actual fault just a few feet from the street.

[Saxman]

 

[SkyRock]

funding for worthless earthquake research has been cut in half so the "scientists" are ramping up the fear factor for the sheeple.  Man made global.. whatever.. is fizzling so they are making the shift..

lazs

Moron.