Forum for Science, Industry and Business
  • Sponsored by:
  • Siemens
  • Siemens
  • Siemens
Search our Site:

Topic (optional):

 

Home Reports Earth Sciences Content

Earthquakes Common in Eastern U.S.

next article
17.02.2005

 


Although most people think of California when they think of earthquakes, the Feb. 10 quake in Arkansas was not unusual, said UAB geologist Scott Brande, Ph.D. “There are fault zones throughout the Eastern United States, and many are associated with the Appalachian Mountains.


The one causing the earthquake in Arkansas was the New Madrid seismic zone, which has a long history of earthquake activity. Hundreds of earthquakes occur there each year along the borders of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.”

The good news is that most of the earthquakes in the East don’t have the potential for intense damage like those in California because the eastern faults don’t lie on high-energy plate boundaries.

Source: newswise
Further information: www.uab.edu

next article

More articles from Earth Sciences:

nachricht Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low
29.08.2008 | European Space Agency

nachricht Coastal County Gets Fine-tuned for Hurricane Weather
28.08.2008 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte

B2B Search

Product / Service
Company / Organisation

Latest News

Internet law made simple

29.08.2008 | Information Technology

Why did the squirrel cross the road?

29.08.2008 | Studies and Analyses

Revealed: The secret of plasma heating

29.08.2008 | Physics and Astronomy