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Live Science by Laura Geggel 5/15/2020

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake rattled western Nevada just before sunrise today (May 15), waking up people at 4:03 a.m. local time (11:03 UTC), well before their morning alarms went off, according to news reports.

This is the strongest earthquake to shake Nevada in 65 years. As of 5 a.m. local time (12:00 UTC), six magnitude-4 or higher aftershocks had already rocked the region, including a magnitude-5.1 aftershock just 23 minutes later, at 4:26 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake struck 34.7 miles (56 kilometers) west of Tonopah, Nevada, near the California-Nevada border, about 120 miles (193 km) southeast of Carson City. Shaking was felt as far away as Sacramento and Reno. People also reported feeling shaking in Las Vegas, about 200 miles (330 km) southeast of the quake’s epicenter. So far, there aren't any reports of injuries.

More: https://www.livescience.com/nevada-earthquake-and-aftershocks.html

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Re: Magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Nevada has a long history of temblors
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2020, 08:28:13 pm »
Largest earthquake to hit Nevada in 66 years

Ice Age Now by  Robert May 16, 2020

https://www.iceagenow.info/largest-earthquake-to-hit-nevada-in-66-years/#more-31703

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The first large quake since 1954, “it was certainly felt in the Reno-Tahoe area, and also throughout the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys in California,” said Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory.

Nevada is the third most seismic state in the nation, Kent added.

The earthquake was “widely felt,” USGS spokesman Paul Laustsen told CNN.

They have discovered some broken windows in Tonopah, said Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly.

“North- and southbound (US 95) is undriveable around mile marker 89,” said Esmeralda County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Stritenberger. “According to people who called it in, it’s buckled really bad.”

The USGS forecast that there will be between 63 and 260 aftershocks with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater over the next seven days, with a 4% chance of one with a magnitude of 6.5 or more.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/us/nevada-earthquake/index.html

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00725272/executive

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Re: Magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Nevada has a long history of temblors
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2020, 09:27:29 pm »
CA-OR-WA on the Pacific Rim of Fire.

St. Helens, Shasta, Lassen, Hood etc.

Sierra Nevada Mtns.  are young. The eastern slopeis steep.

I doesn't surprise me that Nevada has activity.
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