add another line to your fault maps boyz....

[Deathaniel]

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Scientists at Idaho State University have mapped a previously unknown and active seismic fault in the northern Rockies capable of unleashing an earthquake with a magnitude as high as 7.5.

The newly discovered fault in central Idaho does not lie in a densely populated area.

But Glenn Thackray, chairman of the university's geosciences department, said the 40-mile-long fracture in the Earth's crust at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains near the tiny mountain town of Stanley is cause for some concern.

"There's a chance in the next few decades there will be an earthquake on this fault, and if it does happen it will be a rather large earthquake," he said.

A 7.5 tremor is considered a major earthquake, capable of widespread heavy damage.

Full article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101118/sc_nm/us_idaho_seismic



A few decades? as many know i'm not a fan of the cut and past crowd, but thought i'd pass this along for those who live close to mayhaps do some fact checking on it...

[yeti]

Since when is Idaho the "northern Rockies"? Do these assholes think the continent ends at the 49th parallel?

[Deathaniel]

(11-18-2010, 10:00 PM)yeti Wrote: Since when is Idaho the "northern Rockies"? Do these assholes think the continent ends at the 49th parallel?

might one day

[Dunamis]

Anything to get people scared. I am sure they could have written the article much better, and without such fear tactics. All to sell more stories.