Several earthquakes in Reno area overnight

At of 7:02 a.m. Friday there have been 11 small earthquakes in the Reno area centered near Galena High School, starting with a 1.6 at 10:45 p.m. Thursday. It was 1.3 miles ENE of Galena.

A list of the other 10:

10:55 p.m. 1/11 - 1.7 - 1.1 miles north of Galena High

12:19 a.m. 1/12 - 2.0 - 1.7 miles east of Galena High
1:22 a.m. 1/12 - 1.9 - 1.6 miles east of Galena High
1:34 a.m. 1/12 - 2.0 - 1.5 miles east of Galena High
1:39 a.m. 1/12 - .8 - 2 miles NNE of Galena HIgh
2:06 a.m. 1/12 - 2.6 - 1.6 miles east of Galena High
2:34 a.m. 1/12 - 1.2 - 1.7 miles east of Galena High
2:54 a.m. 1/12 - 1.0 - 1.7 miles east of Galena High
5:13 a.m. 1/12 - 1.2 - 1.2 miles east of Galena High
7:02 a.m. 1/12 - 1.1 - 1.8 miles east of Galena High

The Sierra Nevada and Northern Nevada see many small tremors weekly, many centered near Mammoth Mountain and Hawthorne, so Friday's swarm is not out of the normal for the region.

As this story was being written there was a 12th small quake at 7:26 a.m., a 1.2 located 1.2 miles ENE of Galena High.