Swarm of Small Earthquakes Continue To Strike California

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Over the last few days the Los Angeles Basin and Inland Empire Valley areas have been experiencing more small earthquakes than usual. Normally, small quakes are a good sign, because they relieve the tension building up below. A lot of earthquakes, however, creates concern, especially when one begins to wonder if they are fore-shocks to a much larger quake.

In the last 12 hours more than a dozen small earthquakes have struck the San Bernardino Mountains region. Yesterday a flurry of quakes, a couple reaching 3.6 and 3.7 in magnitude, hit the Santa Monica Bay.

Earthquakes are a way of life, and usually Californians just shrug them off. But when hundreds are reporting feeling a bunch of quakes, folks begin to get concerned.

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