Russ Steele
Nevada Seismologists are keeping a close eye on an area southwest of Hawthorne, Nevada where hundreds of earthquakes have been detected since Sunday.
" It's a little bit concerning in a sense.. The largest earthquakes in these sequences are pretty large in size." Graham Kent is Director of Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada Reno. He says there have been hundreds of earthquakes southwest of Hawthorne over the past few days. The largest-- recorded at a 4.4 in size.
One has to wonder what is going on in Nevada and what is next? USGS Earthquake monitoring web site here. Stay Tuned.
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Update (04-16-11, 18:05) I was aware that Hawthrone sits in the Long Valley Supervolcano, but could not find the specific information, now it is available at Ice Age Now here. For more details on the Supervolcano is here.
