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Thousands of Nevada earthquakes kept seismologists busy in 2015
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/31/2015 - 5:30pm
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.
Skies of South Lake Tahoe to be used for Marine training
Submitted by paula on Thu, 06/25/2015 - 9:14pm
Future pilots for the U.S. Marine Corps Cobra and Huey helicopter fleets will get their training in skies above South Lake Tahoe during a 13-day training mission between July 27 and August 8.
South Lake Tahoe is the optimal training location for the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 out of Camp Pendleton, CA. The high altitude will better prepare the Marines for future missions, such as the recent humanitarian relief efforts in the mountains of Nepal.
A World Music Night for Nepal held at UNR
Submitted by paula on Sat, 05/23/2015 - 8:13pm
Event Date:
May 29, 2015 - 7:00pm
TACH, in association with Nepalese Association of UNR and co-sponsored by Joe Crowley Student Union at UNR in Reno, presents “A World Music Night” for an effort to support the earthquake victims of Nepal on Friday May 29th at 7:00 p.m., The concert will be held in The Theatre in the Joe Crowley Student Union on the 3rd Floor.
UNR grad students share experiences from Nepal
Submitted by paula on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 11:45am
At least 50 people died in Nepal Tuesday after another large earthquake shook the country. University of Nevada, Reno seismologist Steve Wesnousky went to Nepal following April’s deadly earthquake to research the fault in Nepal, which is one of the world’s longest. He returned to California hours before this latest earthquake, but his doctoral students, Ian Pierce and Steve Angster, stayed behind.
They witnessed the quake and spoke with us from Kathmandu about their experience.
South Lake Tahoe yoga class to raise funds for Nepal earthquake victims
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/03/2015 - 8:42pm
Event Date:
May 5, 2015 - 6:30pm
Long time local resident Susan Glasson will be holding a benefit yoga class to help raise funds to support the thousands of victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal.
The class will be held on Tuesday, May 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Kahle Community Center on Kingsbury Grade in Stateline.
Lake Tahoe hikers in Nepal reportedly safe after 7.8 earthquake
Submitted by paula on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:07pmAdrian Ballinger, a veteran high-altitude mountain guide from the Lake Tahoe-area with six Mt. Everest summits on his resume, was on the mountain when the deadly earthquake struck Nepal, killing thousands and causing havoc on the mountain.
Mel Kaida, 30, assistant operations director with Incline Village-based Tusker Trail Adventures, was also in the region and is reported to be safe, according to Andrew Springsteel, operations director for Tusker.
Terrifying hour in darkness after Nepal avalanche
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 8:58amKATMANDU, Nepal - The mountaineers were in darkness when they heard the thunderous boom, the crush of snow. Helplessly, they slid down Mount Mansalu, the world's eighth-highest peak.It would tak...
Nepal avalanche hits Plake in Manaslu expedition
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/24/2012 - 9:44amKATMANDU, Nepal - Rescue helicopters flew over the high slopes of a northern Nepal peak again Monday to search for climbers lost in an avalanche that killed at least nine mountaineers and injure...
Glen Plake roughed up in Nepal avalanche that killed 11
Submitted by admin on Sun, 09/23/2012 - 4:08pm