Nevada Earthquake Swarm
The word “earthquake” always evokes the response “California” from me. Turns out that Nevada, along with CA and Alaska, is one of the top three states in suffering the most major earthquakes over the past 150 years. Nevada lies within the Basin and Range province which is one of the most seismically active regions in the U.S.
The current earthquake swarm is affecting Nevada and parts of California and Oregon. Thus, this report from The Oregonian newspaper:
Seismologists in Nevada, Oregon and California continue to monitor an intense swarm of earthquakes about 40 miles southeast of Lakeview, Oregon, in the Nevada desert.
The magnitude 4.6 temblor late Tuesday night was followed by several quakes or magnitude 3 or greater, officials said. The area is so remote only four people reported feeling Tuesday’s earthquake.
Scientists with the Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries said there have been earthquakes of magnitude 4 or greater in the same area in the past week, and 42 quakes greater than magnitude 3 in the past three months.
Officials say all told, there have been 719 earthquakes in the area, mostly magnitude 2 to 3, since mid-July.