U of C researchers seeking reports from Monday’s earthquake
Researchers at the University of Calgary are encouraging central Albertans to report what they may have experienced during Monday’s earthquake.
Dr. David Eaton, professor of geophysics in the department of geoscience at U of C, says what researchers would like to do is collect information that would allow them to make an intensity map from Monday’s earthquake.
“Monday’s earthquake is not unlike previous earthquakes that have taken place elsewhere in Alberta,” he says. “So areas like Fox Creek for example, except for the fact that it occurred close to a populated area. That presents a tremendous research opportunity for us to really understand the intensity distribution from the earthquake.”
Eaton says when scientists measure earthquakes, two different scales are used.