FLURRY OF EARTHQUAKES PROMPTS VOLCANO ALERT AT MAMMOTH RESORT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A swarm of small earthquakes rattled this Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
Although they issued a ``Level C'' volcano hazards alert late Friday, scientists said they don't believe an eruption in the Eastern Sierra community is imminent. There hasn't been an eruption in the area for at least 200 years. However, all these small tremors could signal a big earthquake on the way, said David Hill, a seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis with the United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. . ``This thing could really start to die off, although I've been thinking that for the past few hours,'' and it hasn't happened, he said Saturday, less than an hour after a 4.0-magnitude quake struck the region at 3:15 p.m. That quake was preceded by another 4.0-magnitude at 7:22 a.m. In addition, eight tremors hit the area since 10 a.m. Friday that measured between magnitude 3.0 and 3.9, said USGS USGS United States Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) spokeswoman Pat Jorgenson. |
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