Quake in Chile set off tremors in California

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

A devastating earthquake in Chile last year may have set off a swarm of smaller quakes as far away as California, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.

They found evidence that the magnitude 8.8 quake in Chile, which killed 500 people and set off tsunamis that devastated coastal cities last February, set off a chain of events 10,000 km (6,200 miles) away.

The quakes in central California started six hours after the quake in Chile, reported Zhigang Peng of the Georgia Institute of Technology and colleagues there and at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California.

"In particular, we identify triggered microearthquakes in the Coso Geothermal Field," they reported in Geophysical Research Letters. "This is one of the most seismically active regions in California," they added.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1423248320110114

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I am not surprised

but this would be the first time they actually have evidence... and an 8.8 yes... seeing it would be easier.

[dhill926]

2. whole lotta shakin' goin' on.........

[thisMike]

3. Typical…

Boy oh boy, you DU liberals. First it's Sarah Palins's comments in Alaska causing a shooting all the way down in Arizona, now an earthquake in Chile causes earthquakes all the way up in California. Earthquakes and tsunamis are the caused by the wrath of god and shootings are the work of the devil- there, mystery solved.

[WhiteTara]

4. welcome to DU

and I hope you learn how to work the smilies. :hi:

[thisMike]

7. Thanks for the welcome

Boy oh boy, you DU liberals. I try to explain the factual basis of earthquakes and tsunamis and you think I'm kidding. You people and your "scientific " explanations for everything. Well, the tide is turning against you- and I'll bet you think that has something to do with the moon!

:-)

After being involved in a whole bunch of heated arguments this week around the web with people who respond to complaints about their violent rhetoric with more violent rhetoric, it's nice to have some fun…

[WhiteTara]

8. well, good luck with your reality

thisMike.
Buh bye.

[nilram]

5. it's all one world!

kum-by-ya, Mike, kum-by-ya!

[boppers]

6. :sarcasm: is your friend.

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Welcome to DU!