Nevada Earthquake Swarm Increases Chance of Larger Quake

An anonymous reader writes Hundreds of small earthquakes have been gaining in strength in northwestern Nevada. The Nevada region bordering California and Oregon was hit by 18 quakes in less than 24 hours, with magnitudes measuring from 2.7 to 4.5. According to CNN: "This does not necessarily mean a big one will come, state seismologists said, but they added that it's good to be prepared, just in case. Seismologists refer to such quake groupings as swarms, and the U.S. Geological Survey has detected them regularly. They can produce thousands of small tremors."

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OBVIOUSLY

[l0n3s0m3phr34k]

The Yucca deposit has "attracted" Something that is slowly burrowing it's way through the Earth towards it.

Re:hm...

[ArcadeMan]

I blame plumbers everywhere.

Yellowstone hotspot/McDonalds/Impact Crater

[__aapopf3474]

The area is near where the Yellowstone hotspot was over 16 million years ago.

Also, this area was the furthest from a McDonalds in 2010.

South of the swarm area, in the Black Rock Desert, was a suspected impact crater.

Sounds like the start of a bad horror movie.

The govt dept full of evil villains.

[CODiNE]

the U.S. Geological Survey has detected them regularly. They can produce thousands of small tremors."

The USGS is not one to be messed with.