No one's Fault
A bit of a surprise -- from
The Sacramento Bee:
Rare earthquake in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta puzzles experts
It was a small earthquake, measuring just 3.1 on the Richter scale, but its location in the heart of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has experts buzzing.
The Oct. 15 quake was centered 7 miles northwest of Lathrop, on Union Island. No faults are known to exist in that area, where earthquakes are rare.
The temblor could offer new insights on safety issues in the Delta, where concerns about flood protection and water quality during a major quake have been growing. It is also a reminder that many mysteries lurk below ground � even in California, a nucleus of earthquake research.
"It was a surprise to us," said Jack Boatwright, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park who is studying the quake. "There's something down there that we don't know about."
The more we think we know, the more we know how little we know.
Or something like that.
I think...
Posted by DaveH at October 27, 2010 7:58 PM