earthquake faults
Lake Tahoe earthquake faults topic of next UC Davis talk in Incline
Submitted by paula on Sat, 08/22/2015 - 6:45pm
Event Date:
September 17, 2015 - 5:30pm
Courtney Brailo from the University of Nevada Reno Seismological Lab to discuss faulting and geologic history of the Lake Tahoe region using newly acquired LiDAR imagery at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) on September 17.
A $5 donation is suggested for this event. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The program will begin at 6 p.m. with refreshments and no-host bar from 5:30 - 6 p.m. at 291 Country Club Drive in Incline Village (between Tahoe Boulevard/SR 28 and Lakeshore Blvd.) on the campus of Sierra Nevada College.
Coastal panel mulls quake study near nuke plant
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 11:17amLOS ANGELES (AP) -- California coastal regulators were set to weigh in Wednesday on a utility's contentious plan to map offshore earthquake faults near a nuclear power plant by blasting loud air ca...
New earthquake faults uncovered west of Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 1:33pmRENO, Nev. - Scientists studying earthquake faults in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe say new, high-resolution imaging technology has helped uncover more substantial seismic hazards than previousl...
New earthquake technology reveals Lake Tahoe faults could generate large events
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 1:08pm
CARNELIAN BAY — Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study found that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada, and could potentially generate earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.3 to 6.9. A close association of landslide deposits and active faults also suggests that there is an earthquake-induced landslide hazard along the steep fault-formed range front west of Lake Tahoe.
