Strange little EarthQuake SWARM in Nevada ongoing

I am out of steam. Night All! I will check back mid morning.

Me too.. Good night.

We'll see what tomorrow brings soon enough.

Almost out... Until these ones popped up.

2.4
1.2

Someone else will have to take the wheel now.

Fairly familiar with the area. It is at the NW corner of the Nevada Test Site, and due East of Bishop, Ca., which is just south of the Mammoth Lakes Caldera. This is a hot area, with a lot of hot springs. It is very unusual to see this kind of activity here, and I have been following Earthquake maps for some time now. Something is about to pop. Very unusual.
Get your preps ready, it is projected to be the coldest winter in modern history. Good luck.

Well, definitely still active! I wonder what daylight will bring.

bump for earthquake swarm and Redpaw360

Most days...I don't have much time to keep up with all the individual 'doom-inations'.....but I do try to find the summaries ppl post.

so, thank you, OP

Oh thank you LadyAnnie!

I know what you mean....scan and go!
And if something good catches you're eye....you're trapped...LOL

I thought i was the only one who had noticed this swarm... It looks to be in some sort of magma field.

Since we last posted, this is what has happened...

1.5
1.2
2.1
1.4
1.7
2.3
1.4
1.3
1.7
1.2
2.1
1.3
2.4
1.2
1.7
1.3
1.6
1.4
1.3
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.1
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.4
2.7
2.4
1.5
1.9
1.1
1.2

Phew!

Ok...the 2.7 towards the bottom of this list is the only one that is
outside of this swarm...although relatively close by. It is right between
Tonopah and Mono Lake. I do believe it is connected to this swarm.

[link to quakes.globalincidentmap.com]

[link to www.agu.org]

Directly south and southeast of Stonewall Mountain, Nevada, a depression and north facing caldera scarp were formed during and(or) after eruption of the Spearhead Member of the late Miocene Stonewall Flat Tuff. Abundant large lithic and juvenile blocks are present in the Spearhead Member within 0.5 km of this topographic margin but absent elsewhere in the ash-flow sheet, consistent with eruption from vents in the Stonewall Mountain area.

Most people just watch silently until it really gets going.

It does seem there's something brewing under there, doesn't it.
That rouge 2.7 makes think of magma movement.



Link to running 24 Hour Helicorder display:
[link to krypton.seismo.unr.edu:8090]

Some decent harmonics there in the last 40 minutes or so.... Looks like it could be volcanic in nature for sure.

Thank you for finding that. Interesting history.

Mornin guys...I'm at work, but jeebus, it's still going!!

[link to i.imgur.com]

So Madi, holding down the fort again? I had like three hours sleep before I was up and back in my office. But have been checking in periodically. Still feel like a good size rumbler coming in that area.

Your name gives you away.

Ya never know with these swarms.
Remember just a couple months ago south of the Salton Sea,
the Brawley swarm? It went crazy for a few days....then nothing.

The Hawthorne swarm went on for almost 4 months. Lots of starts
and stops. Produced a 4.6 as the largest quake out of that swarm.

This one could be connected to the Hawthorne area if it turns out
to be magma movement.

Morning siahba!

I know, I know.

Good morning!

I have to get going. Last day I dare go out before Christmas.
It's about to get crazy. Wait. What am I talking about? It was
crazy around here two weeks ago.

I don't suppose I'd be watching so intently if I wasn't from Nevada.

Um, well, good luck with that! lmao I am so glad that I finished all of that already! I cannot stand the nonsensical behavior of most people who are out this late in the game. People are driving like the world is going to end or something....bawhahahaha

I think I will come up with a new handle today! A new Cycle resolution as it were! Any ideas...My name is Lee

The new me says I am going to take a freakin nap! Swarm on Nevada. See you this afternoon peeps.

Thanks Madi, Lee...and Lee, good luck with that nap! I'm only halfway through a very long workday.

I typically only get about 3-5 hours of sleep a night, so I'm used to it, but there are days I wish I could just sleep alllll day.

Nap has not happened...! My phone keeps blowing up...Just about time to turn it off for about two hours!

MAP 2.4 2012/12/21 19:10:34 37.358 -117.150 7.1 12 km ( 7 mi) ENE of Tokop, NV

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]


[link to krypton.seismo.unr.edu:8090]

So on top of the NV swarm we have not had a quake above a 5.0, ANYWHERE, in the last 12 hours?! WTF?!

The suspense.

Do those look like harmonics to anyone else? ...
in the link above to the seismograph.

Madi....How long in days has a mini-swarm like this lasted before?

2011 Hawthorne Earthquake Sequence

UPDATED: Monday May 19 15:14:00 PDT 2011

Over the past nine weeks 42 earthquakes of Magnitude 3.0 and larger earthquakes (listed below) have been located in a sequence about 12 miles southwest of Hawthorne, Nevada. The first of these occurred on March 15th at 11:14 AM PDT and the latest at 10:23 AM PDT on May 19th. The preliminary magnitude for the largest event is M 4.6.

In all, there have been several hundred events of Magnitude 1 and larger; only a small fraction of the entire sequence has been reviewed There have been 1000's of smaller magnitude events.
[link to www.seismo.unr.edu]