http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/116-33.gif
Any news on damage?
Do you see MORE earthquakes happening?
Or is this typical?
Actually, it’s pretty typical. There are literally thousands of small earthquakes every day. The reason you hear more about larger (magnitude 5 and above) today is there are more sensors and communication is nearly instantaneous.
I just wish there were more earthquakes along the Mexican border which would create a one mile wide canal from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. We will name the new waterway the American Channel.
The sharks will like the temperature of the water and will find the food to be very nutritious and easy picking.
I would think it more odd to read reports of no earthquakes. I do have the view that, on average, earthquake and even volcano activity are pretty much a constant.
It is a growing planet, and that is part of how it grows.
From the ANSS map you provided link to, it does look like a 'swarm'.
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Activity is definitively up in that desert area and this appears to be a newer area of action, it’s been going on for months since that 7+ big quake was further south in Mexico and that area has calmed down for the most part.
I see this quake has been downgraded to 4.9 wouldn’t surprise me to see it upgraded back in the 5 range. Felt like a 5. A slight initial heads up tremor then five seconds of shaking in the house and smaller faint shake followed up.
Typical but it’s been a more frequent occurrence. I swear fault activity is moving north but your guess is as good as mine in this inexact science. No damage around me but it can vary widely depending on your location or the type of earth you are sitting on.
I’m in San Diego too .. and I felt the 5.3, but I didn’t the two smaller ones that followed.
The 5.3 was about 68 miles east of San Diego and the smaller ones were a few miles farther east.
Since we had the 7.2 in the same area, the quakes seem to come in swarms .. several at a time + or - a few miles of each other.
Yes there will be more and yes this is typical.
