3.5 magnitude earthquake in North Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 09/10/2014 - 11:07pm
An small earthquake hit the North Lake Tahoe area at 5:08 p.m. Wednesday in an area 6.3 miles NNE of Tahoe City. According to U.S. Geological Service it registered 3.5. The seismograph at the University of Nevada, Reno recorded the earthquake at 3.2.
The depth of the earthquake was recorded as 9.05km.
According to UNR graphs there have been several smaller earthquakes in the region over the last 90 days, all under 2.0 and most under 1.0.
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