[RayChuang88]

I agree. Here's the reason why: with the modern Internet, a lot of earthquakes that would never be reported in the past are now being reported--and thanks to web sites like the one from the US Geological Survey, we can find out within seconds where the earthquake occurred.

[Inyo-Mono]

Exactlly. Like the current earthquake swarm near Hawthorne Nevada, no one would have noticed before the internet because it is just sagebrush and burros out there.