INCIDENT 2008-01 INTERNATIONAL BORAX MINE COLLAPSE

2008-07-07T1340

PRIORITY

FROM: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY//GLENCOE//

TO: NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//GLENCOE//

PROVINCE OF THE NORTH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//ASTORIA//

PROVINCE OF THE NORTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//HOGBEN//

ARMY OPERATIONS CENTER//FORT FRANK//GLENCOE

INFO: ALL MINISTRIES//GLENCOE//

SUBJ: EARTHQUAKE SOUTHWEST OF CARSON WELLS

UNCLASS

1.  AT 2008-07-07T1258 AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED WITH AN EPICENTER WEST SOUTHWEST OF CARSON WELLS, PROBABLY ALONG THE STRAIGHT DRIFT. 

2.  MOMENT MAGNITUDE, EXACT EPICENTER, AND DEPTH HAS NOT YET BEEN ASSESSED, BUT THE INITIAL REPORT FROM A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TEAM FROM THIS AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE QUAKE WAS FELT AS A MODIFIED MERCALLI MAGNITUDE III IN CARSON WELLS.

3.  BECAUSE THE AREA IS SPARSELY POPULATED WE DO NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE MANY PUBLIC REPORTS, AND WE BELIEVE DAMAGE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE LIGHT TO NONE.

JOHANNA SENDS