Did you feel it?

[Moonliner]

My local AM news today: "Earthquake in Los Angeles area this morning"

Huh? My ears perked up.

Continuing: "A magnitude 4.2 quake briefly shook the LA area this morning..."

Wha?? 4.2? Geeze. Next story please. I don't need to know each time Kevy passes gas.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

My local AM news today: "Earthquake in Los Angeles area this morning"

Huh? My ears perked up.

Continuing: "A magnitude 4.2 quake briefly shook the LA area this morning..."

Wha?? 4.2? Geeze. Next story please. I don't need to know each time Kevy passes gas.

They are making it sound like the strength and energy is rivaling Chile or Haiti. I guess there is some earthquake envy by the media outlets.

It seems we are having more strong quakes and the plates are really shifting. I'm interested in seeing a map of the plates before the Bali quake a few years ago and now. Or even before the Haiti quake and now.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

It seems we are having more strong quakes and the plates are really shifting. I'm interested in seeing a map of the plates before the Bali quake a few years ago and now. Or even before the Haiti quake and now.

It may seem that way, but we're not. None of the recent activity indicates any statistically significant deviation from historically recorded patterns of earthquakes. What has increased is the amount of development along active fault lines, so it magnifies the impact of quakes that in the past would not have affected major cities.