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Earthquake swarm near the Salton Sea
USGS ^ | 08/26/2012

Posted on 08/26/2012 12:47:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Keep getting bigger.

Unusual.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: earthquake; saltonsea; saltonseaearthquakes
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To: palmer

Years ago I read that there were boiling mud pots, similar to those in Yellowstone Park, that were covered when the Salton Sea was formed by the break through of the Colorado River back in the early 1900s.


61 posted on 08/26/2012 2:19:42 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Tyrannies demand immense sacrifices of their people to produce trifles.-Marquis de Custine)
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To: Cyman

Sorry “geological” should have been geologic.


62 posted on 08/26/2012 2:22:09 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: penelopesire

I does seem like a sizable swarm to me. A little worrisome.


63 posted on 08/26/2012 2:22:29 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: All

Make that 94 shakes now. Finally reloaded.

WOW!’


64 posted on 08/26/2012 2:22:34 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Video of boiling mud pot on this page:

http://www.10news.com/news/28301981/detail.html


65 posted on 08/26/2012 2:23:17 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: onyx

Ping!!

Are you in SD right now??

Just checking on you.


66 posted on 08/26/2012 2:23:51 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: dragnet2

Are you paying any attention to what is going on in your state?


67 posted on 08/26/2012 2:27:50 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: EggsAckley

Is the “Hammer of Eden” back?


68 posted on 08/26/2012 2:27:58 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: Lowell1775
If CA does suddenly become a seabed.......w/o all those democrat votes anymore, Obamer is toast....Hate to say it CA Freepers, but I am praying for the big one.
Ohio? I'm pretty sure Ohio had a roll in giving us Obama...

Be careful what you wish on others, hypocrite.

69 posted on 08/26/2012 2:28:05 PM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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To: BenLurkin

Here’s the latest series:

3.6 2012/08/26 14:23:23 33.005N 115.591W 14.3 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of Westmorland, CA
3.6 2012/08/26 14:23:10 32.973N 115.599W 8.5 6 km ( 4 mi) WNW of Brawley, CA
2.5 2012/08/26 14:22:36 33.116N 115.958W 5.6 16 km (10 mi) E of Ocotillo Wells, CA
2.9 2012/08/26 14:21:56 32.998N 115.549W 0.3 4 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
2.9 2012/08/26 14:21:22 32.970N 115.588W 12.9 5 km ( 3 mi) W of Brawley, CA
2.8 2012/08/26 14:20:06 33.022N 115.536W 10.0 7 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA
2.5 2012/08/26 14:19:34 32.974N 115.561W 1.4 3 km ( 2 mi) WNW of Brawley, CA
2.7 2012/08/26 14:19:01 33.013N 115.536W 0.0 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA
3.9 2012/08/26 14:17:26 32.986N 115.603W 11.8 6 km ( 4 mi) SSE of Westmorland, CA
4.3 2012/08/26 14:15:28 33.033N 115.479W 12.1 10 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Brawley, CA
2.8 2012/08/26 14:13:59 33.026N 115.524W 11.9 7 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA
2.9 2012/08/26 14:12:37 32.959N 115.585W 0.0 5 km ( 3 mi) W of Brawley, CA
3.6 2012/08/26 14:08:45 32.997N 115.587W 11.4 6 km ( 3 mi) SE of Westmorland, CA
3.1 2012/08/26 14:06:37 32.966N 115.577W 13.7 4 km ( 2 mi) W of Brawley, CA
3.2 2012/08/26 14:06:11 33.005N 115.534W 9.2 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Brawley, CA
3.5 2012/08/26 14:05:10 33.001N 115.457W 5.1 8 km ( 5 mi) ENE of Brawley, CA
3.4 2012/08/26 14:04:53 33.020N 115.523W 9.4 7 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA
5.4 2012/08/26 13:57:58 33.026N 115.540W 8.9 7 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA


70 posted on 08/26/2012 2:31:29 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: lewislynn
Be careful what you wish on others, hypocrite.

Took 47 posts, but someone had to say it.

71 posted on 08/26/2012 2:35:46 PM PDT by SCalGal (Friends don't let friends donate to H$U$, A$PCA, or PETA.)
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To: lewislynn

Bravo!


72 posted on 08/26/2012 2:39:16 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: penelopesire
Is that normal?

Yes/No. Heads up in either case...

73 posted on 08/26/2012 2:42:27 PM PDT by Errant
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To: BenLurkin

Bkmk


74 posted on 08/26/2012 2:45:32 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: novemberslady

Ditto


75 posted on 08/26/2012 2:48:47 PM PDT by Mom MD (T he country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: BenLurkin
OK, Who had the roll of Quarters???


76 posted on 08/26/2012 2:49:59 PM PDT by Petruchio (I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
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To: BenLurkin
I know what this is.

I remember a few years back, some stories of how the government had drilled down and planted explosives around Yellowstone, and were going to set it off and trigger a world calamity for the one world government take over.

In reality, this is Obamas "October" surprise. He's going to set off some volcanoes in S Kalifornicate, decimate the Salton Sea, enact martial law and suspend the election.

Hows that?

77 posted on 08/26/2012 2:53:21 PM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: All
glad earthquake-report.com did some history digging. answered the "normal" question for me (as of now) Update 21:44 UTC - The last comparable seismic swarm in Brawley dates from 1970. Another one occurred in the 1930′s - Some buildings in Brawley were evacuated after the first stronger quakes. People will probably stay outside for a while which is good in case other even stronger quakes would strike. - The Brawley zone is a complex seismic area of smaller faults. The San Andreas main Fault runs from near Palm Springs to enter Mexico just west of Yuma.
78 posted on 08/26/2012 2:58:17 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: SumProVita

Magma rising in a rift area like Brawley certainly makes sense. The quakes are from some 9.7 miles to a couple hundred feet in depth. You would have to suspect the magma pool is fairly shallow. It doesn’t guarantee any eruption but this is very similar in pattern to some areas the great rift valley in Africa. Also, the Clear Lake region in Northern California has frequent quake swarms (nothing as dramatic as this, though).


79 posted on 08/26/2012 2:59:26 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

Well, southern CA has had other earthquake swarms too (the recent series around Yorba Linda comes to mind)....but not like this.

Earthquake Report is now listing this as “moderately dangerous.”


80 posted on 08/26/2012 3:31:04 PM PDT by SumProVita
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