On Feb 21, 7:01 am, "thoms...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <thoms...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> There's just been a significant rumble in Nevada. When you go there in
> Google Earth, the epicenter is next to a rectangular array of somewhat
> unimpressive light-colored patches on the ground. Anybody know what
> they are?
>
> == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE RE****T ==
>
> ***This event supersedes event AT00360336.
>
> Region: NEVADA
> Geographic coordinates: 41.076N, 114.771W
> Magnitude: 6.3 Mb
> Depth: 10 km
> Universal Time (UTC): 21 Feb 2008 14:16:05
My guess would be a geological study, but I don't know for sure.
Since they had a hell of a quake there, I would guess there is a known
fault nearby, so they could have been looking for it. However, it has
been my experience that they dig trenches rather than pits for fault
detection. Pits are done for slide mapping, but this area looks
relatively flat.
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