oh, the landlord had a drill, ZOOMA ZOOMA ZOOMA

[rone]

A series of earthquakes, some in the 5's, just occurred near Parkfield.  Parkfield is where a bunch of scientists are "drilling a hole deep into the San Andreas Fault" in order to study seismic activity.  I sure hope they got their money's worth... assuming they didn't trigger the quakes with their drilling.  YIPES!

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[merde.livejournal.com]

well, it's looking from the USGS quake map (http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm) that there's stuff happening all the way up and down the San Andreas, although the big ones are all centered in Parkfield yet. one does wonder whether it's possible for the drilling to have set off this latest burst.

it'll be interesting to hear what the experts have to say about all this once they've crunched the data.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's anything like the news down here it will be 'OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIEEEEEE KILL YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TAKE THEIR FOOD'