Earthquake swarm shakes remote area along eastern Sierra

[Kadie]

Earthquake swarm shakes remote area along eastern Sierra

The Associated Press


Last Updated: September 19, 2004, 06:04:51 AM PDT


MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) - A swarm of earthquakes - one a magnitude-5.5 - jolted a remote, sparsely populated area along the eastern Sierra Nevada on Saturday, authorities said.

A Mono County sheriff's dispatcher said there were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage from the temblors centered along the California-Nevada line about 30 miles northeast of Mammoth Lakes.

David Oppenheimer, a seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, said most of the 70 quakes in the sequence that began 12:02 a.m. Saturday were magnitude-2 or less.

The magnitude-5.5 temblor that struck at 4:02 p.m. was followed by a magnitude-5.4 quake at 4:43 p.m., he said. The moderate quakes were the biggest in the swarm and the biggest on the fault in more than a decade.

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[Dem2theMax]

1. They should know better. It's 'Mammoth Quakes.'

They used to have a sign that said 'entering hard hat area' as you came into town. lol. It always shakes up there. I used to live there and for the life of me, I cannot figure out why I was so stupid as to come back to So. Calif. IDIOT. ME. aaaarrrrggggg.
Now I couldn't afford a closet to rent up there. It's changed so much. Toooooo $$$$$$$$$ if you get my drift.