Earthquake: 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho; Magnitude 7.3, Lost Springs Fault Scarp Ancient and New Borah Peak in Background
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Resource ID
1569
Resource Type
Photo
Title
Earthquake: 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho; Magnitude 7.3, Lost Springs Fault Scarp Ancient and New Borah Peak in Background
Author
A.J. Crone, U.S. Geological Survey
Date
November 30, 1982
State
Idaho
Keywords
earthquake, surface rupture
Accession
UGS-P1133
Camera make / model
Exp10000XL
Original filename
P1983073.jpg
Notes
Part of the 1995-1997 Personalizing the Earthquake Threat publication by the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, Earthquake Education Services; U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP project, award 1434-95-G-2566.
Caption
Earthquakes in the Intermountain West are a Mountain-Building Process as Rock Moves Vertically Along a Fault Earthquakes Typically Occur Repeatedly Along the Same Faults. Arrows in this Photo Point Out the New Fault Scarp Face (-9 Feet Tall) Created in the 1983 Borah Peak 10 Earthquake. It is Superimposed on an Ancient Fault Scarp (Vegetated Beveled Area Immediately Above New Scarp). 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho, Earthquake Magnitude 7.3.
Marker lat / long: 44.164389, -113.868211 (WGS84)
