Activity for the period March 6-12, 2006:

Updated at 2:00 PM (PST) on Monday, March 6, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located just one small (M=0.9) earthquake in the Long Valley caldera area since the last update at 9:00 AM on the 5th. This earthquake, which occurred at 4:48 PM on the 5th, was located beneath the southeast flank of Mammoth Mountain (1 mile west of Mammoth Lakes).

Updated at 8:00 AM (PST) on Tuesday, March 7, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located just one small (M=1.4) earthquake in the Long Valley caldera area since the last update at 2:00 PM on the 6th. The event was located to the SW of Toms Place in the Sierra Nevada.

Updated at 8:00 AM (PST) on Wednesday, March 8, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located just one small (M=1.6) earthquake in the Long Valley area since the last update at 8:00 AM on the 7th. The event was located to the north of the caldera east of Mono Lake.

Updated at 8:00 AM (PST) on Thursday, March 9, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located four small (M<2.0) earthquakes in the Long Valley area since the last update at 8:00 AM on the 8th. They were located to the south of the caldera in the Sierra Nevada west of Toms Place. Elsewhere in the region, a magnitude M=2.2 earthquake was detected north of the caldera on the eastern shore of Mono Lake.

Updated at 2:45 PM (PST) on Friday, March 10, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located two small (M<2.0) earthquakes in the Long Valley caldera region since the last update at 8:00 AM on the 9th. A M=1.0 earthquake occurred beneath the east flank of Mammoth Mountain at 5:39 PM and a M=1.2 earthquake occurred beneath the Sierra Nevada 8 miles west of Tom's Place at 5:47 PM, both on the 9th.

Updated at 11:00 AM (PST) on Saturday, March 11, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located five small earthquakes in the Long Valley caldera region since the last update at 2:45 PM on the 10th. All of the events were located in the Sierra Nevada south of the caldera. The largest was a magnitude M=2.4 which occurred ~16 km (10 miles) SE of Mammoth Lakes. The others were below magnitude 2.0.

Updated at 1:00 PM (PST) on Sunday, March 12, 2006:

The realtime computer system detected and located three small earthquakes in the Long Valley caldera region since the last update at 11:00 AM on the 11th. Two of the events were located in the caldera beneath the resurgent dome (M=1.9 and 0.8). The third was located in the Sierra Nevada west-southwest of Toms Place (M=1.7).