Does any one else follow the listings of earthquakes & what’s your opinion?
I get notices of all earthquakes over a 2.5 (Richter) there seems to be way to many small ones called clusters. In one area of CA where my sister lives there were 99 from 1.1 to 4.4 in one week. There are also quakes happening in areas that are normally very quiet. Yellowstone National Park, CA is dancing all over the place north, central and southern, Mexico is getting in on the action too as well as there being quakes all over the world. Today there was a 4.1 almost on the border of New Mexico and Colorado. That’s an odd one. We had a couple small ones here in Texas. I’m beginning to wonder what is going on, if it walks like a duck! Anyone interested www.ens@usgs.gov will get you all the info. on the US as well as the world.
Since I posted this questipn there has been a 5.1 in Greese, 5.7 Santa Cruz Islands, a 5.5 in Argentina and a 6. in Guatamala. Plus many small ones. What do you say ot a 4.0 in New Mexico.
Your right about CA but I’m talking about not just the ones in CA, I’m talking about Yellowstone Park, and other places. I do hope your right that all these little ones is releasing pressure and not putting more pressure on the faults, because if it’s adding pressure we’re (the world) going to be in trouble.
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PoohBearPenguin on January 31, 2010 at 9:24 am
Most of California is over a series of faultlines, so of course it’s going to have a lot of earthquakes. In fact, any place you have 2 or more tectonic plates meeting, you’re going to have earthquakes. If you look at the main USGS website, they offer an earthquake tracking tool that shows all the earthquakes that have been recorded over the past 7 days. As you see, there are dozens of small quakes every day. Even a 2.5 is still very mild. Unless you were standing on the epicenter, you probably wouldn’t even notice it.
Furthermore, the plates on the earth are connected, so if there’s a big quake somewhere in the world, it’s not unusual for there to be a small increase in small quakes around the world. Think of when you drop a pebble into the water.
Personally, I’d much prefer to have a bunch of small quakes, than one really big one.
RAYMOND W on January 31, 2010 at 9:24 am
I think the US government is causing these earthquakes. And they are using H.A.R.P To do it. I’m not a crazy person I just do my research, when ever you get free time look it up. You are right there’s been alot of earthquakes in the past ten days. I think there doing this to reduce world population.
Pascha on January 31, 2010 at 9:24 am
Thanks for the link and for the information about what you have observed.
I was wondering if earthquake activity over a wider area than a particular fault were related.
LadyB on January 31, 2010 at 9:24 am
I’m told there were also two in Oklahoma in the past few days.
I keep an eye on quake activity, since I grew up in S. CA and some of my family still live there.
My concern has been on the activity from Mexico to Northern CA these last few weeks, as it appears to be happening on the San Andreas Fault.
When asked what I felt 2010 would be like, I told everyone to "fasten your seatbelts because we’re in for a rocky ride!"
Appears to be the case….