Open AccessMystery Quakes May Be Among World’s Longest-Lived Aftershocks
Author(s) -
Ilima Loomis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo087071
Subject(s) - aftershock , geology , seismology
New evidence about where a major earthquake struck central Washington State 145 years ago raises the possibility that today’s unusually frequent quakes in the area still echo that 1872 event.