Quake in the Rockies

Magnitude 2.7 earthquake strikes Alberta Rockies, no damage reported

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    • Colorado’s Largest Earthquakes

    Rocky Mountain National Park's high peaks suggest past, and possible future, earthquake activity. In fact, the largest recorded earthquake in. Scientists believe two earthquakes have taken place along the fault in the past The Northern Rocky Mountain region in Idaho, Wyoming and.

    But they don't know when or where. They fear the New Madrid fault zone centered in portions of the Missouri bootheel, northeast Arkansas and northwest Tennesse -- and the nation's most dangerous seismic area with a quake detected every two days by seismographic instruments -- the most likely site. The New Madrid zone got its name from three massive earthquakes 8. Scientists say if a New Madrid earthquake of a magnitude above 8 struck today, there would be widespread death among the 13 million people living in the area from Arkansas to Indiana.

    Otto Nuttli of St. Louis University told a House subcommittee there is enough energy in the fault today to produce a magnitude 7. Johnson told Congress the large amount of structural damage wrought by a maximum magnitude earthquake in a populated region of the East will be like a nuclear war, without radiation.

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    Predictions vary on the likelihood of a major quake along the New Madrid, ranging from the near future to about years, because scientists know little about intraplate earthquakes. In the West, earthquakes occur when crustal plate boundaries grind together such as along the San Andreas fault. But in the East, the quakes occur within one plate and are too infrequent to associate patterns with active faults that may lie deep within Earth. The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures.

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    Buildings shifted off foundations. Between and the mids, the branch of the federal government now known as Earthquakes Canada recorded less than a dozen minor earthquakes in Alberta. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything. You might even find something special for yourself! Where Colorado's earthquakes are happening. The mayor said she's been in Banff for more than 30 years and has never felt or heard of anything like this.

    That's what many people in the Alberta Rocky Mountain town of Banff were asking around suppertime Thursday. The quake hit about 5: MT about four kilometres southwest of Banff and about 20 kilometres northwest of Canmore. Banff Mayor Karen had just got home from work and was sitting down for dinner with her husband.

    They immediately went outside to look around, and then Sorensen called her town manager, who called the fire chief. She said the quake was felt all over town — her phone was constantly ringing, and she said social media was blowing up about it. The mayor said she's been in Banff for more than 30 years and has never felt or heard of anything like this.

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    Earthquakes are rare in Banff, but several do occur every year in the Rockies, in places where there are no people to feel and report it, Rogers said. He said there was a "quite sizable" earthquake just north of Banff in that was a magnitude 6.

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    At the end of August, a magnitude 6 quake in California near Napa, which sent people to hospital and damaged wineries in the area. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Click here to subscribe.

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