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Northern Nevada students and others are holding "Walk for Philippines Typhoon Victims" starting at University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) on November 24 in support of the victims of deadly super-typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the most powerful ever recorded on land.

A shallow magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon one mile from Spanish Springs, Nev., near Reno. The report issued by the U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor occurred at 5:51 p.m. local time at a depth of 10.6 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was six miles from Sun Valley, Nev., nine miles from Sparks, Nev., 11 miles from Reno and 35 miles from Carson City, Nev. It was felt as far away South Lake Tahoe, Grass Valley and Folsom, CA.

An unmanned submarine headed for Antarctica will first explore the depths of Lake Tahoe on Friday to study the blasted rocks of a seismic fault created thousands of years ago by a huge earthquake that ruptured the lake's floor.

Ross Seitz, an engineering geologist with the California Geological Survey and an expert on the lake's ancient quake history, will be using the tethered sub to gather underwater images of the West Tahoe fault, which last ruptured some 2,500 years ago with a magnitude of more than 7.

TAHOE/TRUCKEE - A 4.0 magnitude earthquake that struck overnight about a half hour south of Lake Tahoe is the largest in a series of small temblors that have recently occurred throughout the region...

EarthScope, the world’s largest earth-science program, has selected University of Nevada, Reno geophysicist and director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory Graham Kent to lecture at several universities this year as part of their annual speaker series.

Kent will lecture in the National Science Foundation-funded EarthScope Speaker Series about underwater paleoseismology techniques he pioneered at Lake Tahoe with colleague Neal Driscoll of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

A tsunami-producing fault in Lake Tahoe is overdue for another earthquake, scientists said here yesterday (Dec. 4) at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
The West Tahoe Fault is capable of producing a magnitude-7.3 earthquake and tsunamis up to 30 feet (10 meters) high in the clear blue lake, where million-dollar homes line the shore, researchers said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Millions of Americans preparing to survive an earthquake ducked under tables and covered their heads Thursday as part of the annual "Great ShakeOut" drill.Organizers said some...

UPDATE 10PM: Earthquake since revised to 4.1 in magnitude.
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An earthquake on Friday night was reported at 8:51 p.m. centered 6 miles north of Incline Village at Lake Tahoe, registering a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, according to the Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and the USGS. Go here for updates. The magnitude is preliminary.

The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Reno areas conjures up the word “drought” every couple of years, and this year is no exception. The Nevada State Climate Office at the University of Nevada, Reno, in conjunction with the Nevada Drought Response Committee, announced Thursday a Stage 1 drought (moderate) for six counties and a Stage 2 drought (severe) for 11 counties.
Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada are no strangers to drought, the most famous being the Medieval megadrought lasting from 800 to 1250 A.D. when annual precipitation was less than 60 percent of normal. The Reno-Tahoe region is now about 65 percent of annual normal precipitation for the year, which doesn’t seem like much, but imagine if this were the “norm” each and every year for the next 200 years.

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s insurance carriers have reported to the Nevada Division of Insurance (Division) that they have received around 1,100 claims as a result of the Caughlin Ranch and Washoe Drive fires. The dollar amount of these claims, mostly due to fire, wind or smoke damage is approaching $35 million.

These insurance claim estimates show the dangers of wildfire. Nevadans should take action during Nevada Wildfire Awareness Week to prepare their homes and evaluate their insurance to prepare for wildfire season.

The March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake is a grim reminder of the potential for another strong-motion mega-earthquake along the Pacific Northwest coast, geophysicist John Anderson of the University of Nevada, Reno told members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in a lecture at their annual conference in Vancouver, B.C. Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) - The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, accor...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) - A magnitude-4.8 earthquake has shaken Northern California communities in the Sierra Nevada.The U.S. Geological Survey says in a computer generated report that the quake struc...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) - While the East Coast recovers from earthquake jitters, small quakes have been rocking California.The U.S. Geological Survey says in a computer-generated report that the...