2.9 earthquake near Tahoe City; Dozens of small quakes near Bordertown

NORTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The University of Nevada Seismological Lab is reporting a 2.9 earthquake on Friday, October 25 at 6:54 a.m. Centered six miles NNE of Tahoe City, the earthquake was 9km deep.

In the area of Bordertown, northwest of Reno, there has been a series of 38 small earthquakes since Thursday, October 24 at 3:00 p.m., all under a magnitude of 1.

On October 23 Incline Village experienced another small quake, one measuring 1.0 and another small one in between Incline Village and Tahoe City just prior to the 2.9.

Earthquakes are not uncommon in Lake Tahoe, the Sierra, and Nevada. This is a very seismologically active area with thousands of small earthquakes annually and it is not unusual to have them hit it swarms.