Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Earthquake Hits Pakistan
Not a big earthquake, only an M6.4, but when something like this hits highly-populated, unstable ground, there's trouble. These earthquakes are almost always high-pulse thrust faults, that daylight right under a populated valley. These giant faults are the reason that the valley exists.
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Another 6.2 just hit! Might take a while to settle down.
Off-topic but... a bit of the rock above highway 97 in BC is threatening to let go.
Wrote about it already.
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