Aftershocks: 2013 Study of Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse (IMAGE)
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A study by University of Utah mining engineers and seismologists found 2,189 suspected seismic events before and after Utah's deadly Crandall Canyon coal mine collapse in 2007, and 1,328 of those events have a high probability of being real: 759 seismic events before the collapse (many related to mining) and 569 aftershocks (some related to rescue efforts). The high-probability events shown here reveal seismic activity clustered in three areas, two of which already were known: near the east end of the mine (right) and where miners were working, toward the west end of the mine (left of center). But the third cluster, at the mine's west end (far left) was revealed by the new study. It shows the collapse was at least as big and possibly larger than a 2008 University of Utah study that revealed the collapse extended from the east part of the mine to the area where miners were working. For comparison, see other map.
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Tex Kubacki, University of Utah.
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