Earthquakes...

A couple of times a week I check out the “Recent Seismic Activity” link at right, which shows the latest data collected by the seismometer installed in my home office (about four feet from where I'm typing this).  Usually there will be one or two entries posted each week.  This time, there were four entries just from the last two days – and they were a large enough magnitude that I knew they must be from relatively close earthquakes.

The map below shows the location of the cluster of small earthquakes (largest one is magnitude 3.8), located about 30 miles ENE of our home.  Not close enough to be worrisome, but certainly closer than most earthquakes the seismometer sees!  The cluster is almost due east of Mt. Laguna, close to S2 near the mouth of Canebrake Canyon.  This is an area I know quite well, as I walk there looking for Desert Lilies many winters.