5.5 quake at Mammoth Lakes

Actually they have had 3 over 4.0:
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km

2.5 2004/09/18 16:49:22 38.021N 118.662W 5.0 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
4.1 2004/09/18 16:47:58 38.024N 118.649W 3.9 33 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
5.4 2004/09/18 16:43:41 38.019N 118.662W 11.3 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
5.4 2004/09/18 16:43:31 38.009N 118.668W 11.3 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.4 2004/09/18 16:42:57 38.006N 118.673W 4.1 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
3.0 2004/09/18 16:40:33 38.008N 118.678W 6.3 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.9 2004/09/18 16:39:58 38.002N 118.657W 8.1 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.7 2004/09/18 16:39:12 38.011N 118.674W 7.0 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.9 2004/09/18 16:38:28 38.039N 118.761W 6.1 29 km (18 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
1.8 2004/09/18 16:38:06 38.018N 118.693W 6.3 35 km (22 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
3.3 2004/09/18 16:36:09 38.005N 118.689W 4.9 36 km (23 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
1.9 2004/09/18 16:35:42 38.002N 118.691W 3.9 36 km (23 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
2.4 2004/09/18 16:34:06 38.023N 118.657W 5.5 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.9 2004/09/18 16:30:54 37.999N 118.680W 2.0 37 km (23 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.2 2004/09/18 16:30:21 38.020N 118.652W 4.6 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.7 2004/09/18 16:29:10 38.007N 118.683W 2.1 36 km (23 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.9 2004/09/18 16:27:21 38.008N 118.699W 5.0 36 km (22 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
1.8 2004/09/18 16:26:41 38.006N 118.683W 6.0 36 km (23 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.8 2004/09/18 16:24:54 38.013N 118.681W 6.8 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.2 2004/09/18 16:24:27 38.027N 118.659W 7.1 33 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.0 2004/09/18 16:23:54 38.018N 118.657W 8.6 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.5 2004/09/18 16:23:29 38.021N 118.670W 8.0 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.6 2004/09/18 16:22:39 38.015N 118.672W 6.6 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.4 2004/09/18 16:21:25 38.020N 118.662W 6.6 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.8 2004/09/18 16:19:30 38.013N 118.670W 7.4 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
2.0 2004/09/18 16:18:43 38.010N 118.704W 4.8 35 km (22 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
2.4 2004/09/18 16:17:53 38.007N 118.664W 5.2 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
1.8 2004/09/18 16:16:52 38.006N 118.688W 7.9 36 km (23 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
1.6 2004/09/18 16:15:06 38.006N 118.691W 7.5 36 km (22 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
2.7 2004/09/18 16:14:11 38.005N 118.686W 9.0 37 km (23 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
3.1 2004/09/18 16:08:58 38.011N 118.668W 6.1 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
5.5 2004/09/18 16:02:17 38.009N 118.679W 7.6 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
3.1 2004/09/18 13:50:33 38.006N 118.679W 5.1 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
3.6 2004/09/18 05:39:20 37.993N 118.719W 0.4 35 km (22 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
3.6 2004/09/18 05:39:20 37.993N 118.719W 0.4 35 km (22 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
3.0 2004/09/18 04:28:05 38.011N 118.666W 8.4 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
4.1 2004/09/18 00:08:00 37.990N 118.692W 1.5 37 km (23 mi) SE of Bodie, CA
4.0 2004/09/18 00:07:10 38.006N 118.677W 5.4 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV

21 posted on 09/18/2004 4:55:53 PM PDT by BullDog108 (Know Your Enemy! http://bvml.org/webmaster/enemy.html)

Wow this makes 63 quakes in the same general location in the last 14 hours (Over half of those in the last hour).

6 4.0 or higher --- 3 5.0 or higher in the last 40 minutes.

22 posted on 09/18/2004 4:55:53 PM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)

23 posted on 09/18/2004 4:57:50 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Hannity Was Right, FReepers Tend To Eat Their Own)

Nothing but coyotes and jackrabbits out there. Maybe a few four wheelers too.

And 3000+ year old Bristlecone Pines.

24 posted on 09/18/2004 4:58:20 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Are these "swarms" of aftershocks of something prior?

25 posted on 09/18/2004 5:03:51 PM PDT by afnamvet (We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age.” - General Curtis E. LeMay USAF, 1965 )

Aren't the bristcone pines up in the White Mountains? Not far away.

26 posted on 09/18/2004 5:04:28 PM PDT by BullDog108 (Know Your Enemy! http://bvml.org/webmaster/enemy.html)

27 posted on 09/18/2004 5:04:56 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

I don't know. Perhaps the answer is here somewhere: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

28 posted on 09/18/2004 5:06:19 PM PDT by BullDog108 (Know Your Enemy! http://bvml.org/webmaster/enemy.html)

Are these "swarms" of aftershocks of something prior?

Not really, in this case these aren't an aftershock of anything, just a swarm of small-medium quakes. These can go on for days and weeks, and simply stop, without anything really major happening; and then happen again years later. This area has apparently had swarms like this before.

29 posted on 09/18/2004 5:08:06 PM PDT by Strategerist

30 posted on 09/18/2004 5:11:00 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)

To: Inyo-Mono; djf

Hey folks, hope things are quieting down there.

I'm in Las Vegas, since 1983. Avid amateur student of the things that make the ground move.

I know the history of YellowStone, but finding out about Mono Lake - Long Valley area really excited me. Wish I had more time to devote to the studies....

Take care,

LVM

31 posted on 09/18/2004 5:12:15 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (John Kerry says he has changed his mind about all those NO votes in the Senate.)

Actually the 4,500 year plus Bristlecone pines are about 60 miles south/east of the epicenter of the three large quakes.

32 posted on 09/18/2004 5:13:51 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (Proud member of P.O.O.P., People Offended by Offended People.)

To: djf; RightWhale

I was just thinking about earthquakes today? The prediction was for a major one before the end of October...

The East coast has sure taken a beaten wonder if were next???

33 posted on 09/18/2004 5:16:06 PM PDT by missyme (<imgsrc=http://www.cat-domain.com/cats_long/yoni-rmans.jpg>)

3-5+ events in less than an hour? Do I have this right?

34 posted on 09/18/2004 5:16:10 PM PDT by umgud (speaking strictly as an infidel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)

Yes! And several 4+ and 3+ aftershocks in between not counting the 40 plus smaller aftershocks.

35 posted on 09/18/2004 5:18:59 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (Proud member of P.O.O.P., People Offended by Offended People.)

WOW. That's a high strength swarm. I'm in Bakersfield and my dad is down from Reno visiting. He came down 395 to get here.

36 posted on 09/18/2004 5:26:48 PM PDT by umgud (speaking strictly as an infidel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)

Multiple large earthquakes in very short periods of time are not unheard of in the Mammoth Lakes Region.

1980
http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqpapers/00000046.htm

1998
http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/phikent/orbit1a.html

1999
http://www.vulkaner.no/v/bcmammot.html

37 posted on 09/18/2004 5:31:30 PM PDT by Orion78 (Only a slave can work with no right to the product of his effort.)

US 395 runs right by my house. The quakes were centered east of Lee Vining (on 395) and Mono Lake near the Nevada border.

38 posted on 09/18/2004 5:32:51 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (Proud member of P.O.O.P., People Offended by Offended People.)

Closer to Bodie...my favorite ghost town! Wish I'd visited there this weekend!!!

39 posted on 09/18/2004 5:41:27 PM PDT by bannie (Nana's in Pajamas)

Multiple large earthquakes in very short periods of time are not unheard of in the Mammoth Lakes Region.

True.

But it does mean that something is "afoot", below the feet.

LVM

40 posted on 09/18/2004 5:41:55 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (John Kerry says he has changed his mind about all those NO votes in the Senate.)

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