Second earthquake swarm in a week in SW Nevada ongoing now...

Another one took place 20 minutes ago!

3.8 Magnitude with a 0.0 km Depth

Nevada

reply to post by faryjay


Was there just another one at 8:40 am central time?

Nevada doesn't appear to be slowing down......

4.1 NEVADA38.29°N -118.22°W 10Km Deep 2011-04-16 09:46:32 UTC2011-04-16 01:46:32 LOCAL NN00333335

4.6 NEVADA38.40°N -118.72°W 0Km Deep 2011-04-17 00:45:37 UTC2011-04-16 16:45:37 LOCAL NN00333401

Seismologists carefully watching Nevada right about now

Dang!!

another!

3.5 NEVADA38.36°N -118.74°W 0Km Deep 2011-04-17 00:57:50 UTC2011-04-16 16:57:50 LOCAL NN00333407

Originally posted by StealthyKat
I swear, this is getting to be scary....maybe it just seems this way because we have access to instant info, but it seems like there is just way too many quakes...I just watched a video from Japan which showed the sidewalks literally rolling and building moving up and down, with the sound of water! As if it were floating!

Exactly. This has been going on since the creation of earth and will continue till the earth dies. Earthquake swarms are nothing more than that. An uptick in earthquake frequency and it happens quite frequently but by no means is an indicator of something bigger coming.

Earthquakes cannot, in any shape or form, be accurately predicted whatsoever.

Whoa!!

Here's the update:

3.3 NEVADA38.34°N -118.85°W 0Km Deep 2011-04-17 01:19:25 UTC2011-04-16 17:19:25 LOCAL NN00333422 0
I 3.5 NEVADA38.36°N -118.74°W 0Km Deep 2011-04-17 00:57:50 UTC2011-04-16 16:57:50 LOCAL NN00333407 0
I 4.1 NEVADA38.37°N -118.73°W 13Km Deep 2011-04-17 00:55:46 UTC2011-04-16 16:55:46 LOCAL NN00333406 0
IV 4.6 NEVADA38.40°N -118.72°W 0Km Deep 2011-04-17 00:45:37 UTC2011-04-16 16:45:37 LOCAL NN00333401

Very significant swarm, if we can call it that.
Appear to be increasing in magnitude and
remain frequent. Wondering if populated
towns are feeling these quakes - certainly
hope they are keeping a close eye out.

The 3.5 has just been upgraded to a 3.6

3.6 NEVADA38.36°N -118.74°W 14Km Deep 2011-04-17 00:57:50 UTC2011-04-16 16:57:50 LOCAL
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Where I am it is Sunday the 17th already, and I just woke up to see the earthquakes are continuing in Nevada, and getting stronger. Just what could that indicate for the caldera there? Full fledged eruption? (I'm ignorant about such things)

I would like you all to not panic, and be aware that the movements are vocalnic and that is not good. I I trust that you all will/do use best judgement in the coming time for anything that could happen today or 50 years from now.To help you just watch quakes.globalincidentmap.com... -- or don't. I hope the best for the outsome of whatever is to come in the next minute, to the next 100 years.

Gettin' a tad bit interesting in Cali....

2.9 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA34.07°N -117.27°W 17Km Deep 2011-04-21 03:13:36 UTC2011-04-20 20:13:36 LOCAL

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by ButterCookie


San Bernardino area, haven't had one
there since I can remember. San Andreas
fault quake I would think.

reply to post by crazydaisy


Is Nevada still having them?
second line

Well, if their having all these quakes and aftershocks in japan, wouldn't it make sense that we would be having them out it in Cali and anywhere else on the west coast too?

Another one for Los Angeles.....

2.8 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA34.07°N -117.28°W 18Km Deep 2011-04-21 03:13:36 UTC2011-04-20 20:13:36 LOCAL CI10930029


There was one late last night also......

These aren't quakes. These are the elite blasting away holes for underground bunkers.

0.0km depth huh?

reply to post by Ear-Responsible

When they are poorly constrained like that they usually don't have enough information yet to decide how deep it is. It isn't that unusual to see them with no depth at first, especially smaller ones.

Originally posted by StealthyKat
reply to post by crazydaisy

 

Is Nevada still having them?
second line

Here ya go!
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Thursday April 21 2011, 23:56:03 UTC 16 minutes ago Nevada 1.5 6.3 Detail
Thursday April 21 2011, 23:53:19 UTC 18 minutes ago Oregon 2.1 7.7 Detail
Thursday April 21 2011, 23:43:00 UTC 29 minutes ago Southern California 1.8 7.8 Detail
Thursday April 21 2011, 23:35:52 UTC 36 minutes ago Nevada 1.4 4.0 Detail
Thursday April 21 2011, 23:34:29 UTC 37 minutes ago Central Alaska 1.7 80.4 Detail

quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

Whoa, ok, so I see that Nevada's really no stranger to medium strength earthquakes. I've started observing the USGS-map only a day ago.
However, a quake has been registered two hours ago, magnitude 4.1 and a depth... of zero? ( quakes.globalincidentmap.com... )

Did a bit of researching, without any satisfying results though so I'm asking you guys - isn't a magnitude 4.1 quake with 0.0 depth comparatively devastating? Or just in general, what's up with such shallow earthquakes? As said, I've got no concept of this whatsoever, but such shallow earthquakes do seem a bit odd to me...