Study finds new earthquake dangers for NYC

VUI's proposed uranium mine is ON THE CHATHAM fault. Representatives of VUI, such as Henry Hurt, will tell you that we are using scare tactics. Folks, you should be scared! The following article is about a nuclear power plant in New York. A major earthquake can happen at any time. An earthquake can also happen at any time along the Chatham fault. VUI's proposed mine is ON THE CHATHAM FAULT! An earthquake of sufficient magnitude could devastate the mine and mill, releasing deadly toxins that will cause us to be in the epicenter of a radioactive Superfund site.

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Gregg

Sat Aug 23, 5:05 AM EDT

An analysis of recent earthquake activity around New York City has found that many small faults that were believed to be inactive could contribute to a major, disastrous earthquake.
The study also finds that a line of seismic activity comes within two miles of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, about 25 miles north of New York City. Another fault line near the plant was already known, so the findings suggest Indian Point is at an intersection of faults.
The study's authors, who work at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Observatory, acknowledge that the biggest earthquakes — in the 6 or 7 magnitude range — are rare in the New York City region. They say a quake of magnitude 7 probably comes about every 3,400 years.

But they note that no one knows when the last one hit, and because of the population density and the concentration of buildings and financial assets, many lives and hundreds of billions of dollars are at risk.

The metropolitan area does not have a single great fault like the San Andreas fault in California, said Leonardo Seeber, co-author of the study.

"Instead of having a single major fault or a few major faults, we tend to have a lot of very minor and sort of subtle faults," he said. "It's a family of faults, and that can contribute to the severity of an earthquake."

John Ebel, director of seismology at Boston College's Weston Observatory, said he agreed with the study's finding that small faults can contribute to large earthquakes. "A quake can jump from one fault to another," he said.

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