So I could not figure out how to label and trace. But I did find out that the Highest point of the ridge is 7713', I also found out the the Mid Atlantic Ridge is part of the longest mountain range in the world.

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/5-7-earthquake-reported-in-magna/

So I actually felt the earth quake this morning at 7:10 AM it woke me up! Crazy stuff! I looked into why we get earth quakes here in Utah. What I have found is that even though we don't have a boundary near us they come from the activity from the Pacific plate along the plate margin on the west coast of the United States. This movement is what causes fault breaks on the Wasatch front.

Earthquakes in My Area

Currently I live in Orem UT and the earthquake activity is extremely low. There hasn't been a large earthquake in the area for a long time.

What surprised me about the area was the unknown active volcano that is really close to my house. Now I want to go and visit these sites to learn more about them and take pictures.

Black Rock Desert is only 3 hours away from my home this looks like a great place to check out.

From studying the files on google earth I still feel safe living where I live and have noted some places that I may not want to live like California. I know the risk is small there but you would need to pay for insurance and the cost of living there is way to high. 

Week W09 

So I love going to the dunes here in Utah. I go to Little Sahara located in central Utah and is a large sand dune area that people love to take their ATVs and motorcycles to.  So for this week I am going to post about Sediment Transportation in sand dunes. 

What is unique of the Little Sahara dunes is that they have a large mix of pure sand and vegetation. This limits the erosion on the mountain in the center of the dunes but the rest of the area has pure sand. This allows the area to stay the same in one area and the surrounding area changes all the time. This makes it a fun place to go ride.