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05-04-2015, 09:40 PM
I would think that, if the quakes were much closer to Towsley or Ruby canyons, on or near their respective faults and folds, then there could be a correlation.
However, the recent quakes seem pretty clearly associated with the Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault system. So I don't think your observations are directly related.
However, it could still be, in that the quakes and your observations are related to a third as yet unobserved source which is causing both.
It's so hard to say since there is still so much unknown about what goes on "down there". Right now it's just impossible to take measurements of the conditions at any meaningful depth and on a large enough scale and resolution to build a picture of the state of the crust. The closest we have is the SAFOD project in Central California on the San Andreas. But that's only on data point. Everything else is just surface measurements and even though a lot can be inferred from that, it's still a pretty blurry picture.
Brian
However, the recent quakes seem pretty clearly associated with the Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault system. So I don't think your observations are directly related.
However, it could still be, in that the quakes and your observations are related to a third as yet unobserved source which is causing both.
It's so hard to say since there is still so much unknown about what goes on "down there". Right now it's just impossible to take measurements of the conditions at any meaningful depth and on a large enough scale and resolution to build a picture of the state of the crust. The closest we have is the SAFOD project in Central California on the San Andreas. But that's only on data point. Everything else is just surface measurements and even though a lot can be inferred from that, it's still a pretty blurry picture.
Brian