Kenneth Sprenke

"... the San Francisco Bay area last month, isis at the University of Idaho and Washington State University were asked to assess the local earthquake risk. Here's how they responded: Kenneth Sprenke: "We are one of the safest places in the West." Richard Thiessen: "We may find a reason for an earthquake in this area, but the chances are fairly minimal." A ..."

"... the San Francisco Bay area last month, geophysicists at the University of Idaho and Washington State University were asked to assess the local earthquake risk. Here's how they responded: Kenneth Sprenke: "We are one of the safest places in the West." Richard Thiessen: "We may find a reason for an earthquake in this area, but the chances arc fairly minimal." A ..."

"... cake. Instead of radiating toward thc surface, thc energy would dissipate harmlessly outward. It was questioned in an October 1995 assessment by James Zollweg of Boise State University and Kenneth Sprenke of the University of Idaho. In a report for the state INEL Oversight Program, they recommended further research in light of computer modeling that suggested tile layer could actually intensify ..."

"... to bc ready to gather all the doto they con from the windfall of Information. "Idaho ls an earthquake state ond It's time wc all realized lt," sald Dr. Kenneth Sprenke, professor of geophysics ot thc Moscow school. To help bring about thot realization, Sprenke sold, the university soon will house a full station capable of monitoring earthquakes locally and worldwide. Thc system will be the only complete ond continuously operating quake recorder ln northem ..."