[EHPweb] Fwd: EHP Website Email - Other - why the red line? - UPDATE

[Lisa A Wald]

Now look at their webpage!
- Lisa
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Begin forwarded message:

From: "covertress" <info at covertress.com>
Date: July 27, 2009 2:20:51 PM MDT
To: "'Lisa A Wald'" <lisa at usgs.gov>
Subject: RE: EHP Website Email - Other - why the red line?

Story updated.
http://covertress.blogspot.com/2009/07/does-usgs-expect-part-of-ca-to-fall.html

Thanks again!

Regards,

Stephanie

covertress
www.covertress.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa A Wald [mailto:lisa at usgs.gov]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:00 PM
To: covertress
Subject: Re: EHP Website Email - Other - why the red line?

You are welcome to include my letter in your post!
We're flattered that it took only an hour for someone to blog about  
our new US maps!

- Lisa
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Lisa Wald, Geophysicist
Web Team Manager
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Golden, CO
P Recycle, Reuse, Reduce.
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On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:54 PM, covertress wrote:


Dear Ms. Wald,

Thank you for your speedy and detailed reply to my ‘mysterious red  
line’ inquiry.

May I include your letter in my post?

I hope you all got a giggle from my story. Thanks for sharing it with  
your co-workers.

Best Regards,

Stephanie Kent
covertress
www.covertress.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa A Wald [mailto:lisa at usgs.gov]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 3:45 PM
To: Earthquake Visitor
Subject: Re: EHP Website Email - Other - why the red line?

Hello-

We upgraded our US maps this morning to include plate boundaries (bold  
red lines) for the US map and 10-10 degree maps, and faults (thin red  
lines) on the 2x2 degree maps.

The text under the maps has been updated to identify the plate  
boundaries and faults.

The bold red line that runs through California and out in to the ocean  
is the plate boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American  
plate (which we call the San Andreas Fault in California).  The small  
area offshore of Oregon and Washington outlined by plate boundaries is  
the smallest plate in the world, called the Juan de Fuca plate.

There are no other plate boundaries in the US, and there are only a  
few other places in the world where the plate boundary crosses a  
continent or landmass (Iceland is one).

There was no significance to why the maps changed today.  We've been  
working on these new maps for quite a while now, and they were finally  
ready to go public this morning.

- Lisa
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Lisa Wald, Geophysicist
Web Team Manager
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Golden, CO
P Recycle, Reuse, Reduce.
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On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Earthquake Visitor wrote:

URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/ 
4.0; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR  
2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Does the USGS expect part of CA to fall into the ocean? http://covertress.blogspot.com/2009/07/does-usgs-expect-part-of-ca-to-fall.html




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