[AntiGuv]

Well, let's hope they're aftershocks rather than this having been a foreshock.. Just worth keeping in mind for those close to the epicenter. Stay safe!

However, by far most often, these lower magnitude quakes are just solitary events unless they're located on a major fault - at least that's my understanding.

[clilly54]

These little ones are better for you, let's off the pressure build up... barely a day goes by in CA without a handful of 2-4's popping somewhere. The big ones always seem to come out of the blue though, no little ones building up to the grand event, least not in my 48 years...

[mabelkitty]

Reelfoot Rift: Missouri, Arkansas, Tennesee, Kentucky, and Illinois.

New Madrid fault in an ancient rift, and 83% of earthquake activity occur in ancient rift areas.

Just because recent history doesn't support active earthquake movement in this area, does not mean it cannot produce more frequent earthquakes at a greater magnitude.

Good news is that we are all in the same boat, but Los Angeles is in the worst boat. Their earthquakes are plate-tectonic types, and someday they will slide up to Alaska. Serves them right.