Seismologists Work to Uncover the Cause of , Earthquake Swarms in Utah.
According to new research,
earthquake swarms in the state of Utah
may be linked to geothermal energy. .
Fox News reports that seismologists at the University
of Utah are going over decades of seismic data to
determine the cause of earthquake swarms in the area.
The team of researchers believes that the series
of tremors may be powered by a combination
of hot water and geothermal activity.
Seismograph stations at the university have
detected sequences of earthquakes of
1.5 magnitude or greater over the past 40 years.
Upon closer examination, the team was able
to identify hundreds of additional smaller
earthquakes occurring in 50 distinct sequences.
We’re all worried about
the Wasatch Front, but the
other thing to know is we have
earthquakes all over Utah, Gesa Petersen, postdoctoral research fellow
at the University of Utah, via Fox News.
We recorded a certain level, but in
some of these places there’s probably
earthquakes happening all the
time that we just don’t see. , Gesa Petersen, postdoctoral research fellow
at the University of Utah, via Fox News.
That’s something that’s really
important to get an understanding of, Gesa Petersen, postdoctoral research fellow
at the University of Utah, via Fox News.
The team's findings were published by the
American Geophysical Union earlier in July. .
Fox News reports that the research is based on data from over 2,300 earthquakes, the largest of which was the magnitude 5.1 which struck east of Richfield in 1989