Dozens of quakes are recorded over weekend
A series of small earthquakes rumbled through an uninhabited area west of Death Valley on Sunday, following dozens of other small quakes in recent days, geologists said.
The U.S. Geological Survey has reported at least 55 earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 1.1 to 4.0, since Friday in the desert area about 150 miles north of Los Angeles.
The quakes have caused only weak shaking and no damage.
Three on Sunday -- measuring 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 -- followed a 4.0 quake Saturday morning.
USGS geophysicist Douglas Given said that, although the swarm of small earthquakes was an unusual pattern, it was not cause for concern.
The most likely outcome is that the earthquakes will taper off, Given said.
This same area of the desert experienced three 4.0-magnitude earthquakes in February, Given said.
This many earthquakes in one area is more typical of places that are volcanic in nature, he said.
-- Raja Abdulrahim
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