Silent Quakes Build Stress Along Mega Fault Line

[Dover]

Feb. 2, 2009 -- A bizarre form of earthquake, which happens over the course of two to three weeks but makes barely a rumble, are lending important clues to the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific northwest, one of the most dangerous fault zones on Earth.

For the last decade, slow-slip earthquakes have been measured in fault zones all over the world, baffling scientists. Though the 'quakes' release as much energy as a normal earthquake between magnitude 6.0 and 6.5, they produce almost no shaking...>


http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/30/mount-redoubt-volcano.html

[AlecBGreen]

1. link leads to different story

re: mount redoubt in alaska

[Dover]

2. Oops, sorry.....here's the link >>>

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/02/slow-slip-quakes.html