Borah Peak Earthquake, Idaho, 1983
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Name (Latin)
Borah Peak Earthquake, Idaho, 1983
Coordinates
-113.8 -113.8 44.08 44.08 (gooearth )
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Earthquakes Idaho
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Wikidata:
Q4580940
Library of congress:
sh2005020485
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Goter, S.K. Aftershocks of the Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquake of 28 October 1983, 1986?
- Digital atlas of Idaho, via WWW, July 12, 2005 :geology/earthquakes (1983 eastern Idaho Borah Peak earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3; Borah Peak earthquake)
- Moore, S.W. The Borah Peak Earthquake, via Digital atlas of Idaho website, July 12, 2005(Friday, October 28, 1983; occurred at 8:06 a.m. (MDT) with the epicenter located in a sparsely populated mountainous area between the small rural communities of Challis and Mackay; Borah Peak earthquake was a 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located about 19 miles northwest of Mackay, at the south margin of the Thousand Springs Valley just west of the 12,662-foot Borah Peak, at latitude 44.05⁰N, longitude 113.88⁰W; earthquake caused two deaths in Challis and an estimated $15 million damage in the affected region)
- Summary of Borah Peak 1983 Earthquake, via Univ. of Utah Seismograph Stations website, July 12, 2005
- Largest earthquake in Idaho, via USGS Earthquake Hazards Program website, July 12, 2005(Borah Peak, Idaho 1983 October 28 14:06:06 UTC Magnitude 7.0; Borah Peak earthquake is the largest ever recorded in Idaho - both in terms of magnitude and in amount of property damage)
- Breckenridge, R.M. Borah Peak Earthquake, 1986, via Idaho Geological Survey website, July 12, 2005(Borah Peak earthquake; Oct. 28, 1983 8:06 am Mountain Daylight Time, 7.3 Ms Richter scale, 6.9 Mb, epicenter 44.046⁰N 113.887⁰W; foreshocks: no earthquakes greater than mag. 2 for two months prior to event; aftershocks: five earthquakes, mag. 5.8 within 48 hours; hundreds of smaller aftershocks in the following months)
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Wikipedia description:
The 1983 Borah Peak earthquake occurred on October 28, at 8:06:09 a.m. MDT in the western United States, in the Lost River Range at Borah Peak in central Idaho. The shock measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It was the most violent earthquake in the lower 48 states in over 24 years, since the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake in nearby southwestern Montana.
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