Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / July 2009

Geologists are challenging the conventional wisdom about the section
of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain. Their results could
alter estimated probabilities of quakes in California.
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Just a note that REF is showing some increased activity of some sort,
h/t to a commenter on the "Eruptions" blog.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webicorders/Redoubt/REF_EHZ_AV.php
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2009/07/monday_musings_1.php#comments

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I saw a movie a few days ago called 10.5 or something like that. It was
based on the idea that when continental plates reach maximum expansion after
Pangea, they will start to contract again, but at an accelerated rate,
producing catastrophic earthquakes and volcanos.  Is this ...

Magnetic effects around electric currents and absurdities of modern
physics
It is assumed by actual physics that an electric current traveling
along a conductor generate a magnetic field around conductor too.