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5.1 earthquake, aftershocks rattle California

Moot said:
I hope you're right.....

"...Yellowstone tends to have a major eruption every 600,000 to 700,000 years — numbers determined by ash deposits aged using geochemical and radioactive dating — and Unsworth said another one might not be far off.

“It’s been doing it about every 600,000 years and the last one was about 600,000 years ago. I can’t call that a prediction, but some would say it’s a cause to be concerned about the next one coming,” he said......"

Yellowstone supervolcano a local threat, too | World | News | Calgary Sun
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This is the thread in which it was discussed. http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...nough-affect-world-far-greater-than-thou.html

Relevant quote:

"Dr Perrillat said there are no known supervolcanoes that are in danger of erupting in the foreseeable future, and it would take at least a decade or so for the magma pressure within a caldera to build up to a point where an eruption is likely. "

So you only need to continue paying your taxes for another ten years, at which point you're perfectly free to give the IRS the finger.
 
Superfly said:
5.1 earthquake, aftershocks rattle Southern Calif.

So last night a 5.1 earthquake hit LA.

4.4-magnitude earthquake hits Los Angeles area - CNN.com

Last week a 4.4 earthquake hit LA.



Granted, I am not a seismologist. But I've heard that smaller quakes lead up to a really big one. Thankfully, it's been years and years since we've had a really big West coast quake.

Are we in for another one? Anyone specialize in this?
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Not to minimize this but, if Californians went for more without any type of seismic activity, they'd be on edge, really on edge of a biggie.
 
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