Some of you might have been surprised by a couple of earthquakes that shook our area within the span of 14 hours.

There were two that took place near Spanish Springs.

A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit just before 11:30 a.m. yesterday and then a 3.46 hit just after midnight last night.

Nevada is in what people call, earthquake country.

The Nevada Seismological Lab said we are in what is called an earthquake swarm.

This is when a bunch of smaller earthquakes happen in a short period of time.

The two that happened recently, were the biggest of the swarm.

"There have been 36 earthquakes recorded since October 8th, but probably most of those were too small to be felt," said Belle Philibosian, Research Geologist for the USGS Earthquake Science Center.

These smaller earthquakes could indicate more are coming.

"Well in the case of a swarm like this there's certainly the occurrence of many small earthquakes meaning we can expect additional earthquakes to continue throughout a period of time," Philibosian said.

With these recent earthquakes it's always best to prepared.

On Thursday, Dilworth Middle School students, along with many around the nation joined in the Great ShakeOut.

At 10:19 a.m. all students did an earthquake drill.

Students got under their desks for 60 seconds and then evacuated the building.

Experts say that most buildings are built very well to withstand earthquakes and from falling over, so being under a table is one of your safest options.

"So, you're not usually worrying about structures collapsing," said Kyren Bogolub, Network Seismologist for Nevada Seismological Laboratory. "Mostly what injures people in this part of the world is again those falling objects and in which case being under a sturdy desk is really going to protect you a lot more."

For other safety tips, if you're in an open field make sure you're not near any high objects such as tress and power lines.

If you're driving pull over to the side of the road and stay in your car.

Families should have evacuation plans and kits ready in the event a big earthquake were to arise.

People should also look around their homes for objects hanging up to make sure they're firmly secured.

"Anything that could fall or come lose you just want to be aware of where that's going to land and try to avoid having it landing on you," Bogolub said.