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01-30-2016, 05:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2016, 05:47 PM by Nanny.
Edit Reason: forgot an important example of my point
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With offshore quakes, I've noticed over the years that USGS will list whatever land mass they are near, always wanting to name a town. Like, they don't list "San Andreas" but what town it's nearest, or famous mountain it's near, etc.
**Lakeview, Oregon is a perfect example. Drove me crazy at first when that started showing on the map, but they are not IN Oregon, the quakes are in Northern nevada near the border with Oregon!! Proved to me that USGS is listing the town they're nearest to.
You can go to USGS maps, click on wanting to see all quakes above a 2.5 magnitude for the last 30 days, and several for that epicenter will come show, so you can see for yourself. That's a hotspot and was for most of last year, I think. Looked like it was ready to pop a 6.0 even.
**Lakeview, Oregon is a perfect example. Drove me crazy at first when that started showing on the map, but they are not IN Oregon, the quakes are in Northern nevada near the border with Oregon!! Proved to me that USGS is listing the town they're nearest to.
You can go to USGS maps, click on wanting to see all quakes above a 2.5 magnitude for the last 30 days, and several for that epicenter will come show, so you can see for yourself. That's a hotspot and was for most of last year, I think. Looked like it was ready to pop a 6.0 even.