Map of the Salton Sea (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Map of the Salton Sea

Caption

A seismic map of the Salton Sea area reveals the grid covered by the CHIRP instrument (green lines), faults (black lines) and bomb target sites (gray boxes). The red dots represent earthquakes that have taken place in the area since 1983.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

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