Quake Swarm Continues Near Nevada/Calif Border

Here is a list of some articles that are good to read to help form a picture of the rifting activity in the Nevada-California border area, to the northeast of Mammoth Mountain volcano. As I mentioned yesterday, this whole area, from Crater Lake to the north to just south of Mexicali and into the Sea of Cortez is a building rifting area. I also listed an article about how extensive the magma plume under Yellowstone is. Good reads! Enjoy.

Earthquake swarm in Nevada?

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979213023

LA Times on Swarm, with interesting comments:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/dozens-of-earthquake-reported-in-swarm-along-california-nevada-border.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef014e87672931970d

Here is an essential article about the size of the extensive magma plume under Yellowstone. WHen measuring is via electrical conductivity, instead of via seismic waves, we see a much larger plume than previously believed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1375811/The-underground-plume-feeds-worlds-largest-super-volcano-BIGGER-scientists-thought.html?ito=feeds-newsxml