[Red in Blue PA]

NOTE: This is a separate earthquake.....hours after the Chile earthquake.

[hoosiermama]

Is it even on the same fault line?

[rellimpank]

—I have a suspicion that if you could dig deep enough , you would find a connection—

[Rennes Templar]

I can’t see the Fox report on Argentina, can you post it?

[LibertyRocks]

NOTE: A lot of questions in this post for whomever wants to answer them. I can’t remember the names off-hand of those I spoke with the last time on these threads that helped me learn a lot about earthquakes, etc... Thanks in advance for any answers! :) - LR
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I assume though that this was a related quake to the one in Chile. Not a huge aftershock - definitely its “own” EQ - but probably in “response” to it wouldn’t you think (as pressure builds up/lets go all along that system there now - system may be the wrong word... fault system? Continental divide? Place where the plates meet?)?

I’m no scientist, and I learned last year (I think it was) here at FR that quakes happen in this part of the world (the “Ring of Fire” all around the Pacific Ocean) on quite a regular basis - although most we do not hear about.

So, what I’m wondering is this - is it a natural thing for “response” quakes in these locations lately (Chile & Argentina at least)? And what’s with the smaller ones in the Midwest (IL & OK)? Any theories coming to anyone’s mind. Is this more activity than usual? A slight uptick - or more?

Also - could it be that the NM Fault Line in the Mid-west extends further than we think? Are the IL quake and the OK quake related perhaps, and are they just “shaking out” now - or things “settling”?

Sorry for all the questions! Just naturally curious in this subject, and don’t know a whole lot about it.