What Is The BIGGEST Geologic Threat to Southwestern Utah? Learn About the Hurricane Fault

Explore the Hurricane Fault with geology professor Shawn Willsey. See how the fault has offset a lava flow over 1,200 ft and then journey to a fantastic exposure of the fault itself. Site 1 GPS location: 37.26429, -113.29348. Site 2 GPS location: 37.22530, -113.25901

00:00 intro and location
00:17 Site 1
05:01 diagram
06:26 slip rate (fun math)
08:43 Site 2: fault plane exposure

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