They showed lots of people putting out more
measuring equipment. I was thinking about the
other people who mentioned that they saw lots of
USGS cars up by Ridgecrest. Possibly they believe
that the Barstow area to Ridgecrest and Coso
Junction may be the best bet for the next large
quake. They mentioned that there were two areas
that they thought would receive more pressure
from the 1992 Landers quake. One extended up
through and past Barstow. The other branched off
through the Hector Mine area and on toward the
southern end of Death Valley. So actually they
did know that area was stressed after the Landers
quake. *Now* the Barstow area would be one area
that is stressed and the other area would move on
a bit to the northeast. Barstow would probably be
the more important area because it would be more
populated, but I would guess that the area south
of Death Valley would be the bigger of the two if
magnitude alone were the concern. This all comes
from the pressure pushing up from the south in
the Calexico to Salton Sea area. It kind of
reassured me that my visualization of where
pressure was increasing agreed with their studies.

One other thought is that LUCIAN could be right
at least about a large quake west of the Las
Vegas area. This would be very close to the same
area mentioned above.

Steven T.