Californians - is this an unusual pattern?

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Earthquake List for Map Centered at 34°N, 118°W

Update time = Wed Aug 8 20:00:03 UTC 2012

Here are the earthquakes in the Map Centered at 34°N, 118°W area, most recent at the top.
(Some early events may be obscured by later ones.)
Click on the underlined portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.
MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km LOCATION
MAP 1.4 2012/08/08 19:56:14 33.874 -117.819 10.1 3 km ( 2 mi) WSW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.7 2012/08/08 19:22:13 33.907 -117.772 6.7 3 km ( 2 mi) NE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.8 2012/08/08 17:53:44 33.904 -117.782 5.0 2 km ( 1 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.6 2012/08/08 17:44:45 33.903 -117.778 1.8 2 km ( 1 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.9 2012/08/08 17:41:46 33.907 -117.773 1.7 3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.9 2012/08/08 17:36:26 33.910 -117.766 5.1 3 km ( 2 mi) NE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.4 2012/08/08 17:31:57 33.896 -117.801 9.0 2 km ( 1 mi) NW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.6 2012/08/08 17:24:28 34.738 -117.011 11.3 15 km ( 10 mi) S of Barstow, CA
MAP 1.1 2012/08/08 16:57:24 33.899 -117.797 9.4 2 km ( 1 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.1 2012/08/08 16:54:43 33.896 -117.796 10.5 1 km ( 1 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 3.4 2012/08/08 16:51:04 33.904 -117.772 6.7 3 km ( 2 mi) NE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.2 2012/08/08 16:47:56 33.907 -117.779 6.0 3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.6 2012/08/08 16:44:54 33.912 -117.786 14.2 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.2 2012/08/08 16:40:05 33.900 -117.792 9.3 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 4.5 2012/08/08 16:33:22 33.904 -117.789 9.7 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.2 2012/08/08 10:06:53 33.910 -117.785 7.9 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.2 2012/08/08 09:47:24 33.908 -117.782 6.2 3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.3 2012/08/08 09:33:16 33.904 -117.796 11.3 2 km ( 1 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.0 2012/08/08 09:06:37 33.911 -117.783 6.7 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.3 2012/08/08 09:02:05 33.901 -117.799 9.9 2 km ( 1 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.8 2012/08/08 08:59:02 33.903 -117.791 9.6 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.1 2012/08/08 07:28:01 33.908 -117.781 5.6 3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.9 2012/08/08 07:20:40 33.903 -117.786 8.2 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.4 2012/08/08 07:16:58 33.900 -117.793 9.4 2 km ( 1 mi) NNW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.7 2012/08/08 07:05:54 33.904 -117.792 8.6 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.1 2012/08/08 06:48:19 33.902 -117.791 8.7 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 1.1 2012/08/08 06:41:14 33.895 -117.797 10.2 1 km ( 1 mi) NW of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 2.0 2012/08/08 06:24:58 33.904 -117.784 8.0 2 km ( 1 mi) NNE of Yorba Linda, CA
MAP 4.5 2012/08/08 06:23:34 33.907 -117.790 10.4 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Yorba Linda, CA


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/33.35.-119.-117_eqs.php

[MineralMan]

1. Moderately unusual.

It's an earthquake swarm, marked by two somewhat larger quakes at 4.5. If I lived there, I wouldn't be too alarmed, though. The smaller quakes are almost certainly aftershocks of the larger pair.

[NV Whino]

2. No. If you look at the map

You will see that this is right on a fault line.

[hedgehog]

3. Thank you.

[XemaSab]

4. Nixon's spinning in his grave

at how corrupt the modern republican party is?

[ellisonz]

5. I think you give Tricky Dick...

...too much credit in that regard. He's merely trying to dig his way out to hector Romney.