Earthquake Swarm on Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone in Nevada Prompts Fear About A Big One in Las Vegas

[Elderberry]

By Strange Sounds -Mar 14, 2020

Earthquake Swarm on Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone in Nevada Prompts Fear About A Big One in Las Vegas (Video)

A swarm of 21 earthquakes is currently shaking the Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone near Goldfield in Nevada.
This earthquake series on the very active Fish Lake Valley – Furnace Creek – Death Valley fault system at the California-Nevada border could affect the Las Vegas and Clark County metro area, according to simulations.

The earthquake swarm has started on March 13, 2020, 12.39 p.m. local time (7:39 p.m. UTC) and ended March 13, 2020, 11.07 p.m. local time (6.07 a.m., March 14, 2020).

The strongest earthquakes of the series are:

    M4.0 – 50km WSW of Goldfield, Nevada

    M3.0 – 50km WSW of Goldfield, Nevada

Shakings from the M4.0 earthquake were reported by 8 people on the USGS homepage.

More: https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/earthquake-swarm-nevada-fish-lake-fault-zone-big-one-las-vegas-simulation.html

[PeteS in CA]

This is part of a fault line that runs roughly along the CA-NV border, on the east side of the Sierras.