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🧵🇬🇧1/10 #OTD 30 years ago, the 1992 M5.8 #Roermond earthquake shook the Netherlands, exactly one month before this earthquake geologist was born on the opposite side of the Roer Valley Graben.

A thread on why the first of these two shocks is so interesting: Source: Limburger.nl; archi...Source: knmi.nl Star indica...
The Roermond eq occurred along the Peel Boundary Fault Zone in SE Netherlands. The fault zone is part of the Lower Rhine Graben, a NW-SE striking normal fault system in intraplate Europe. The eq in 1992 served as a reminder that the Netherlands is naturally seismically active.
Local farmers and land owners have been adapting to the effects of the fault on their water sources for centuries. The sealing capacity of the fault hinders groundwater flow and results in a wet footwall (topographically higher) and a dry hanging wall (lower block).
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Da wo ich herkomme, wurde vor wenigen Jahren eine neue Autobahn gebaut, damit eine Ressource für eine veraltete und umweltschädliche Energieversorgung abgebaut werden kann: rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/ju…
Jetzt sitze ich im Urlaub, mache mir Sorgen um Familie und Freund*innen und bin vor allem wütend.
Die Orte, Regionen und Flüsse #kornelimünster #heinsberg #geilenkirchen #wurm #inde #rur #roermond #maastricht #eifel repräsentieren für mich Heimat. Es sind die Orte, aus denen ich komme und zu denen ich zuweilen zurückkehre
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