My wife is on a trip to see her mother today so I've been left unsupervised. Checking out USGS earthquake maps I have a three of questions.
What's going on in Northwest Nevada with the continuing earthquake swarms?
What is the 1.3 Richter scale explosion near the natural gas terminal outside of Las Vegas?
Why does a Google map search for the Bundy Ranch take you to the White House?
Here are today's eleven earthquakes over 2.5 magnitude today in Northwest Nevada.
For the last week there were 273 earthquakes. This a continuation the swarm that has been going on since early in the fall.
More below
The seven day all earthquake map January 13, 3:30:
Also outside of Las Vegas near a major natural gas terminal there was a 1.6 magnitude quake labeled as an explosion. Is this construction or mining?
While looking for the location of this explosion I tried to locate it in relation to the Bundy Ranch. Why does a map search for that go to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC?
Is all of this the opening moves from the aliens at Area 51?
Update:
Still playing - I am not a scientist, but in case something comes of this I want to be able to claim to be a prophet. No one notices if your wrong anyway.
Below are a couple of charts based on the data from the Nevada Seismology at the University of Nevada in Reno. The first shows a count of all the earthquakes since the beginning of the swarm in October, the second shows the earthquakes arranged from oldest to newest with the depth. These show the swarm was most intense back in early November but has been picking up again since the New Year. The earthquakes are also getting deeper beginning about 5 January.
If the swarm goes away nobody will notice, however if this the precursor to a large earthquake or some volcanic activity I will link back to the diary and demand all honors due my insight.
7:23 PM PT: Chart added