earthquakes

Many residents of South Lake Tahoe felt it, did you? At 7:37 a.m. Saturday, April 11, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit 15 miles east of Mono Lake near the California/Nevada border.

Mono Lake is 108 miles SSE of Lake Tahoe.

Since that time there have been at least 20 aftershocks, including two that measured 3.6 and a 4.7.

There are seismically active faults in that area including the Sierra Nevada Fault, and the Owens Valley and Lone Pine faults.

TRUCKEE, Calif. - There was a series of earthquakes 17 miles north of Truckee at Independence Lake on Tuesday evening.

According to the University of Nevada Seismological, the following seven earthquakes were recorded from .6 to 3.9 magnitudes:

6:17 p.m. - Magnitude: 3.9 - 3.8 mi ENE of Independence Lake
6:27 p.m. - Magnitude: 1.2 - 4.1 mi ENE of Independence Lake
6:31 p.m. - Magnitude: 2.1 - 3.9 mi ENE of Independence Lake
6:48 p.m. - Magnitude: 0.6 - 3.8 mi NE of Independence Lake
7:29 p.m. - Magnitude: 0.7 - 4.0 mi ENE of Independence Lake

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The University of Nevada Reno's Seismological Lab is reported a 3.28 magnitude earthquake 36 miles SSW of South Lake Tahoe.

At 8:55 p.m., the earthquake occurred at a depth of 360 meters just off SR88 west of Lower Bear River Reservoir.

Earthquakes are not uncommon for the Sierra.

No other information is available at this time.

Residents north of Lake Tahoe, Reno, Washoe City, Carson City and Dayton have been responding to a group of earthquakes Thursday night, the largest one a 3.7 magnitude trembler that was centered just east of Washoe Lake at 9:49 p.m.

Between 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Thursday:

1.1 magnitude 5.6 miles N of Tahoe City at 2:46 p.m.
2.3 magnitude 5.4 miles WNW of Mt. Rose at 8:43 p.m.
0.8 magnitude 4.8 miles WNW of Mt. Rose at 8:49 p.m.
2.4 magnitude 4.8 miles WNW of Mt. Rose at 8:51 p.m.
1.0 magnitude 4.8 miles WNW of Mt. Rose at 8:57 p.m.

Over 50 possible major forest firest have been prevented in the Lake Tahoe Basin since the AlertTahoe camera system was installed around the lake over the last four years. The combination of technology, human observation and firefighters on the ground kept those small fires contained to a space of less than one acre.

There have been several earthquakes north of Lake Tahoe today, starting with one that measured 3.1 at 12:32 a.m. Wednesday.

According to the Nevada State Seismology Lab at the University of Nevada Reno, there have been 12 more tremblers as of 1:20 p.m. All are between five miles north of Mt. Rose and Interstate 80.

The Sierra Nevada and Western Nevada experience several earthquakes annually, and in recent years those numbers have been over 22,000 each year, with most of them under 1.0. So far in 2018 there have been over 6,000 measurable events.

The have been eight tremblers in the Mammoth Lakes / Mono Lake area in the last 12 hours, the smallest measured 1.2 on the Richter Scale, the largest at 3.7, according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory on the UNR campus.

This area is a very active earthquake area, with swarms not unusual as it is one of the most seismically active volcanic regions in California. In 2014, there were more than 600 registered earthquakes in Mammoth in 36 hours.

Matheus Silva, the professional soccer player from the San Jose Earthquakes who nearly drowned in Lake Tahoe on July 4, came out of a coma Thursday and is now breathing on his own.

The 20-year-old did not have a pulse when he was brought onto shore at Zephyr Cove Resort after he'd swam out to buoys during an early morning swim. Matheus and some of his teammates arrived early in the morning to secure a spot on the beach for the July 4 activities.

9:30 a.m. update: The area continues to see several earthquakes in this current swarm that started at 2:02 a.m. with a 4.0 earthquake according to the UNR Seismological Lab in Reno. Magnitude numbers have been updated and listed below.

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A series of earthquakes hit north of Donner Lake early Tuesday morning, starting at 2:02 a.m. with a 4.0 quake and a session of following 14 other tremblers over 1.0 magnitude by 5:43 a.m.

All came from an area 10.5 to 11.8 miles North/Northwest of Donner Lake, near Independence Lake.

The time and magnitude as of 8:20 a.m. Tuesday:

In the last 48 hours there have been three dozen earthquakes, the largest being 3.74 and the smallest being about 1.0 in an area between Gardnerville and Topaz Lake.

"This is the nature of earthquakes," said Mickey Cassar, a records tech with seismic data at University of Nevada, Reno. "There are ebbs and flows. Earthquakes happen this way, a sequence goes on for awhile."

Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and Hawthorne, Nevada have had several dozen earthquakes over the past few months, 35 in Mammoth Lakes and almost 55 in Hawthorne just this week.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.— Tuesday will be a historical night of soccer at Lake Tahoe Community College as the new professional soccer team, Reno 1868 FC, heads to the south shore to play an exhibition game against the college's men's soccer team. This will be the first professional soccer team to ever play in Tahoe.

On April 25, At 7:00 p.m. the teams will play under the lights at the LTCC home field. Admission is free and open to the public. Reno 1868 FC will sign autographs following the game.

There was a small earthquake 10.56 miles WSW of South Lake Tahoe near Job's Peak at 5:55 p.m. Friday, January 6. It was just 1.5 in magnitude and comes on the heels of a large swarm of earthquakes hitting the Hawthorne, Nevada area since December 28, 2016.

According to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, the earthquake was at a depth of 19.57 km.

1:35 a.m. update 12/28/16: There are widespread reports of those feeling the series of earthquakes and aftershocks this morning, from Lodi and Sacramento, to Reno and Lake Tahoe, and beyond. The have been 11 seismological events in the Hawthorne and Bridgeport area, and two in Tonopah since midnight, ranging from 1.9 to 5.7 in magnitude.

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Mountain Resort Television reporter Nicole Marsel shares how, if you're a high school student who's into design, you can design the new "Welcome to Nevada" signs, but you only have a couple more days to submit your design. Lake Tahoe Community College is having open auditions to the community, of all ages, for Cabaret! If you live near Hawthorne you might have felt a couple earthquakes this week, Nicole talks to the UNR Seismological Laboratory Director about the details.

If you live in Nevada, chances are you felt an earthquake in 2015. The University of Nevada, Reno's Seismological Laboratory said there were 17,500 earthquakes in the state during the year, 231 of those recently in south Reno.

South Tahoe High graduate Graham Kent in the director of the Nevada Seismological Lab. "While the Reno shaking is fresh in our minds, what's really bumping the number up from the background rates is the energetic sequence in far northwestern Nevada, the Sheldon sequence," he said.

Over a dozen earthquakes have struck the region Wednesday, the largest being a magnitude 3.0, at 7:22 a.m. according to the Nevada Seismological Lab.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake was registered at 7:23 a.m. followed by a 2.0, also at 7:23 a.m. and a 1.2 at 7:44 a.m. The earthquakes were centered around 9 miles southeast of Carson City. The other five in that area ranged in magnitude from .1 to 1.2.

There was a small .1 quake near Carnelian Bay at 9:39 a.m. Wednesday, followed by two at Topaz Lake and one in Reno.

There were more than 1,000 fires in California in 2014 and, because of the current dry conditions, 2015 is expected to be more of the same.

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.

South Tahoe Now sent a questionnaire out to all of the candidates for Douglas County Sheriff. We will be posting them in the order received.

1) What do you see as the biggest challenge facing the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department?

Students and staff at South Lake Tahoe schools will join millions around the world on Thursday to practice "Drop, Cover and Hold On" during Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills. The drills will be held at 10:17 on 10-17.

Over 18 million people and groups around the globe have registered on line as a participant in their own 10:17 on 10-17 drill. The recent earthquake in the Philippines shows that it is important to know what do in case of this type of emergency.

LAKE TAHOE - A string of moderate earthquakes rumbled the Nevada desert on Tuesday, a couple hours south of Lake Tahoe, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Thirteen earthquakes - the largest be...

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.

Scientific evidence from the University of Nevada, Reno shows the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range is rising at the relatively fast rate of 1 to 2 millimeters every year.
A lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 11 will provide this new information on Sierra Nevada uplift as seen from space. The lecture, by Bill Hammond, associate professor at the University of Nevada at Reno, will be at the Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 County Club Drive, in Incline Village.

From the highest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney at 14,000 feet in elevation, to the 10,000-foot-peaks near Lake Tahoe, scientific evidence from the University of Nevada, Reno shows the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range is rising at the relatively fast rate of 1 to 2 millimeters every year.