Earthquake swarm

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Earthquake swarms are sequences of nearby earthquakes striking in a short period of time. They are differentiated from earthquakes succeeded by a series of aftershocks by the observation that no single earthquake in the sequence is obviously the mainshock.

One example is along the Cerro Prieto fault near Mexicali, BC in Mexico where over 500 quakes and aftershocks hit in February, 2008^[1]. Another is the ongoing swarm that began in February 2008 near Reno, Nevada and continued through May 2008.

[edit] See also

• Earthquake storm
• Remotely triggered earthquakes

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