There seems to be a heightened amount of earthquake activity around Japan.

[FourScore]

If you look at the quakes from Feb23-26, they are relatively small. On Feb 26, a 6.1 occurs near Taiwan. After that, the quakes register higher than before that on the richter scale, and they seem more frequent. Any thoughts?

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html

[lonestarnot]

1. Yeah.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Heightened from what?

look up "Pacific ring of fire."

[FourScore]

3. Duh. I mean the number and intensity of seismic activity has suddenly spiked.

That's usually not a good thing.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Maybe, but sometimes it's relieving pressure, avoiding a really big one....

I might be curious what Japanese seismologists think about it.

[AndyTiedye]

5. Uh Oh