[movermike] movermike: The Nazko Cone

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The Nazko Cone
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   This is curious!

   [earthquakes.jpg]
   Natural Resources Canada map of earthquake activity over the past 30
   days

     [1]Prince George, B.C. - Over the last three days, the earth has
     been moving in an area south west of Prince George.

     In fact, there have been 8 earthquakes in the area, the smallest
     one registering a Richter magnitude of 3.0 , and the strongest had
     a Richter magnitude of 3.2

   So what, you say.

     âThis is unprecedentedâ says Gary Rogers a Seismologist and
     Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada. âWe havenât seen
     anything like this since we starting keeping records in the 1960âs
     so certainly we havenât seen that many quakes in about 50 years.â

     [...]

     âThis region is an area of old volcanoes, but there hasnât been any
     activity in modern times. (Emphasis added)

   Mark Nelsen of the [2]Prince George Citizen writes

     The earthquakes, the first of which was recorded on Tuesday at
     about 7:30 p.m. and the latest on Thursday at about 8 p.m., occured
     about 21 km. west of the Nazko Cone, a small tree-covered volcano
     that last erupted about 7,200 years ago.

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   [3]Nazko Cone, the easternmost and youngest volcano of the Anahim
   volcanic belt in the Chilcotin-Nechako Plateau, central British
   Columbia

   Hat tip to Laureen!

   [4]Nazko Cone [5]Earthquake [6]Mover Mike

References

   1. http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/7203/3/earthquakes+shudder+region+southwest+of+prince+george
   2. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99462&Itemid=239
   3. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1200-14-
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Nazko+Cone
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/Earthquake
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike