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2017 kicks off with a swarm of earthquakes
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Jan 2, 2017
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2017 kicks off with a swarm of earthquakes
2017 started not with a bang but with a quake... a whole lot of quakes...250 to be exact. They all happened near the California/Mexico border.
No injuries or damages were reported Sunday following what seismologists call a "swarm" of quakes that began Saturday afternoon near Brawley — most were around magnitude 3.0.
No injuries or damages were reported Sunday following what seismologists call a "swarm" of quakes that began Saturday afternoon near Brawley — most were around magnitude 3.0.
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2017 started not with a bang but with a quake... a whole lot of quakes...250 to be exact. They all happened near the California/Mexico border.

2017 started not with a bang but with a quake — a whole lot of quakes to be exact — near the California-Mexico border. 

More than 250 small earthquakes have rumbled through the area since New Year's Eve. What, if anything, does this portend for the year to come? 

For answers, Alex Cohen spoke with seismologist Lucy Jones, formerly with the U.S. Geological Survey. 

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue media player above.