Thanks, 2016. Going out with a bang.

[textbookcase]

We are having an earthquake swarm, over 50 today. Like 30 in the last hour or two 😦they aren't huge but a 3.7 centered right under you is kind of scary. I can handle earthquakes but swarms always make me uneasy. AND we are supposed to have a severe thunderstorm tonight. No bueno!

[bears]

How unnerving! Where are you?

[textbookcase]

Dec 31, 2016 18:48:05 GMT -5 bears said:

How unnerving! Where are you?

Imperial valley, California. On the Mexican/az border. We have lots of earthquakes!

[Deleted]

Yikes! Stay safe.

[balletofangels]

Eeek! How scary!

[nsl]

Super scary! Stay safe!

[blondemoment123]

How scary. Stay safe!

[sunnysally]

I didn't know earthquake swarms existed. Interesting, but scary and unnerving. Stay safe.

[nikki25]

Dec 31, 2016 19:42:16 GMT -5 sunnysally said:

I didn't know earthquake swarms existed. Interesting, but scary and unnerving. Stay safe.

Same here. We are not prone to earthquakes. But, be safe and I hope the thunderstorm will not be too bad.

[textbookcase]

Dec 31, 2016 19:43:55 GMT -5 peachy said:

We had a 5.8 and 5.7 in NV a couple nights ago. It was freaky.

I saw that the ca/nv border had a swarm the other day, too. Lots of shaking!

[FastHands]

I was so sure this was about sex.

[elleblue]

Don't swarms release the building pressure lessening the likelihood of a really big one? So, silver lining perhaps? I'm sorry. Hopefully there won't be any more you can feel at least.

[killercupcake]

Dec 31, 2016 19:43:55 GMT -5 peachy said:

We had a 5.8 and 5.7 in NV a couple nights ago. It was freaky.

Oh shit. I didn't hear about this. We had a 2.8 the other night down here but I didn't feel it.

[peachy]

Dec 31, 2016 23:24:06 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Dec 31, 2016 19:43:55 GMT -5 peachy said:

We had a 5.8 and 5.7 in NV a couple nights ago. It was freaky.

Oh shit. I didn't hear about this. We had a 2.8 the other night down here but I didn't feel it.

It was in Hawthorne! It was felt all the way to Sacramento apparently.

[textbookcase]

We have had 132 of them today. And thunder and lightning, New Years fireworks and gunshots. The animals are freaking out!

[kayl84]

Dec 31, 2016 20:08:16 GMT -5 FastHands said:

I was so sure this was about sex.

Ditto.

[underwaterrhymes]

I had no idea earthquake swarms were a thing.

That's terrifying.

[textbookcase]

Jan 1, 2017 7:15:20 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

I had no idea earthquake swarms were a thing.

That's terrifying.

Yeah, they're pretty nerve-wracking. We have so many EQs that I'm not usually bothered by them but swarms make me nervous because when we had the big EQ in 2010 (it was a 7.2) we had a swarm for a few months, with many of them being 5s and 6s on the richter. It was a scary couple of months!

Anyway it seems calmer today. Still having really small ones but they are farther apart. Happy new year, everyone!