The Next Earthquake Is Long Overdue: New Research Reveals Wasatch Fault More Dangerous Than Previously Believed A new paper explains how the properties of fault rocks and geologic events that took place over a billion years ago could signal concerning seismic activity for Utah’s population center. Utah’s Wasatch...

The Next Earthquake Is Long Overdue: New Research Reveals Wasatch Fault More Dangerous Than Previously Believed #Science #EarthSciences #Seismology #EarthquakeRisk #WasatchFault

Slickrock: USU Geoscientists Explore Why Utah's Wasatch Fault Is Vulnerable to Earthquakes USU researchers explain worrisome seismic activity for the Beehive State's population center in the journal Geology.

In @geosociety.bsky.social's 'Geology', Srisharan Shreedharan, Alexis Ault, Jordan Jensen explain why properties of fault rocks & geologic events that occurred more than a billion years ago portend worrisome #seismic activity for #Utah.
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