4.5 earthquake centered just east of Lake Tahoe in Indian Hills
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 5:48pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE Update 7:20 p.m. 3/20/20 - The University of Nevada Reno Seismological Lab has updated the magnitude of tonight's earthquake to 4.5. It centered near Lake Tahoe in Indian Hills, Nevada.
Since the initial earthquake, there have been four aftershocks at 2.0, 1.6, 1.6, 1.5 and more are expected.
The 4.5 was 4.3 mi SSE of Carson_City at a depth of 8.38 km.
These follow a series of small earthquakes in the same area at the beginning of the week.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There was a 5.0 earthquake Friday night centered in Indian Hills, Nevada, just east of Lake Tahoe. First reports have it measured at 5.0.
No reports are in yet for the 6:33 p.m. earthquake and this story will be updated.
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