Earthquakes

I was going to have a pun for a title, but I decided to have no illusions: I am going to talk science. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531201,00.html?mrp

The article provided talks about tremors in California and how there are double the number now than before the two major earthquakes in 2003 and 2004. The theory is that this means more pressure is building and another big one is coming because of the increase in tremors.

While reading I got an idea: the more tremors means the plates are shifting position smoothly and when there are few tremors, such as before the earthquakes in 2003 and 2004, it is a sign of building pressure because the plates want to move but can't.