01-24-2014, 09:30 PM
(01-24-2014, 05:57 PM)PennyB Wrote:(01-23-2014, 09:52 AM)Skywise Wrote: I just noticed that the line of quakes we just talked about is gone.
I knew I should have saved a copy of that map for later comparison.
Oh well....
Brian
Well, it did seem to point to a 4.0 at the NE end near Battle Mountain!
Probably just something we saw, rather than a pointer!
Often times it's just noise from other quakes around the world. The software gets confused.
But decades ago there was the rumors of the Air Force flying a super secret supersonic aircraft, dubbed Aurora. People would routinely hear sonic boom type sounds at specific date/times and even see odd looking contrails.
A seismologist apparently was able to track the sonic signature over multiple seismographs and track the progress of the flight, right towards Nevada. I don't recall if it was specifically to the infamous Area51/Groom Lake which is just north of Las Vegas.
That line of quakes was towards northern/mid Nevada. However, there is the Tonopah Test Range further north of Area51/Groom... although not quite as far north as this line of quakes. However, that line of quakes seems a regular recurring feature.
See where my conjecturing is going?
But I've just never followed up on my WAG.
Brian