|
0 members (),
54
guests, and
26
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
 Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 595
|
OP
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 595 |
My wife noticed the recent earthquake activity about 45 miles north of us. Keeler is on the eastern side of Owens Lake, across from Olancha, and south of Lone Pine. 
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 8,533 Likes: 107
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 8,533 Likes: 107 |
Kevin, did anyone feel it? It occurred Tuesday at 2:41 p.m.
Here's a link to the USGS recent earthquakes map.
California-Nevada Fault Map
Click on an area and it zooms in. Click on one of the squares, and it reports data on that earthquake.
Earthquake Details, from this link this link:
Earthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
| Magnitude | 4.5 |
|---|
| Date-Time | |
|---|
| Location | 36.395°N, 117.870°W |
|---|
| Depth | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
|---|
| Region | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
|---|
| Distances | - 10 km (6 miles) S (179°) from Keeler, CA
- 16 km (10 miles) ENE (59°) from Cartago, CA
- 19 km (12 miles) NE (38°) from Olancha, CA
- 28 km (17 miles) SE (140°) from Lone Pine, CA
- 238 km (148 miles) W (276°) from Las Vegas, NV
|
|---|
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.7 km (0.4 miles) |
|---|
| Parameters | Nph= 44, Dmin=18 km, Rmss=0.18 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=z |
|---|
| Source | |
|---|
| Event ID | ci14978940 |
|---|
Last edited by Steve C; 05/04/11 07:47 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 695
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 695 |
At only 17 miles from Lone Pine, and at a very shallow depth, the "shake map" for the initial 4.5 quake indicates that it could very well have been felt by anyone in the Whitney area (including the summit) at the time. Imagine being on the East Face during a quake.  CaT
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. - Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,034
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,034 |
Tremors... probably just them underground creatures in the area.
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 74
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 74 |
Someone has woken up the dragon in the mountain 
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 225
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 225 |
The first time Momma and I were overnighting at Trail Camp she spent all night listening to rockfall in some of the surrounding hillslopes (at first she thought it was thunder and we were in trouble.. then realized what it was... I in my comatose state was completely oblivious to any and all sounds).
Anyways... we dicussed it the next morning and wondering if it had anything to do with seismic activity in the area and when we got home she looked at the USGS site and sure enough there had been a "swarm" of small quakes in the area that night....
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 372
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 372 |
It's only going to make Whitney TALLER...............DUG
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 595
|
|
OP
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 595 |
Steve -
We don't tend to notice them, but it's been very windy lately, so that noise tends to distract us from other occurrences.
That's a very active area in terms of quakes. Usually they're more in the 2.5 - 2.7 range. I guess I'd get nervous if they DIDN'T occur.
There's a big geothermal plant just south of Keeler, accessed by the road that goes east of the Chevron station at the Little Lake rest area. You can't get very far up the road, though. It's on Navy land, lots of Haliburton trucks around, etc. They continuously re-inject water into the ground to produce steam.
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,572
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,572 |
DUG:
Exactly what I was thinking. Just getting used to 14505, too.
Wherever you go, there you are. SPOTMe!
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 74
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 74 |
It's only going to make Whitney TALLER...............DUG LOL yeah, just my luck! It must know I am coming....
|
|
|
Re: Recent Quake Activity in the Southern Owens Valley
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 372
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 372 |
It's only going to make Whitney TALLER...............DUG LOL yeah, just my luck! It must know I am coming.... With proper training and some determination we should all be able to handle the extra 1/8 inch.  .................DUG
|
|
|
|
|
