3.9 earthquake between Gardnerville and Topaz Lake
Submitted by paula on Tue, 06/06/2017 - 4:05pm
In the last 12 hours there have been several tumblers according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno. The largest of the 24 recorded on their equipment was a 3.9 earthquake at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, 12.4 miles southeast of Gardnerville, Nevada.
It was followed by a 2.2 earthquake at 3:51 p.m.
Earthquakes are not uncommon through the Sierra and Northern Nevada.
For more information on this, and other seismological activity, visit their website at http://www.seismo.unr.edu/Earthquake.
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