california is a large state and has many many faults, the ground is always shaking around here.
One thing to note is that the quakes they are calling central cal are not at all in central cal, they are on the east side of the sierra nevada
mountain range.
The sierra nevada mtns are still being pushed up, so the ground shakes alot, most of which cant be felt.
This area is also home to several large volcanoes, mammoth mtn, june mtn and a whole host of others i dont know the names of.
This quake activity is likely vulcanism related.
There WILL be a large earthquake in cali at some point, and there is nothing that can be doen to prevent it.
Its possible that at some point predictions can be made in areas of intense study, where patterns can be recognized over time.
People should be more concerned about activity in the mammoth area, becuase it is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions ever.
780,000 years ago a mountain blew its top and left long valley caldera
en.wikipedia.org...
the caldera is 20 miles long and 11 miles wide.
this is the extent of the major ash fall.
the explosion was so big that it threw rocks all the way to iowa
When it erupted lava flowed almost 60 miles down the san joaquin river canyon to leave a layer several hundred feet thick.
Thats something for everybody to worry about
