6.4-magnitude quake rattles Nevada

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN

(CNN)An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.4 hit Nevada on Friday morning, about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas near the California border, the US Geological Survey says.

The quake occurred at 4:03 a.m. local time, the USGS says. It was 4.7 miles deep. At least four aftershocks were reported.
It was about 35 miles west of the town of Tonopah, east of the Sierra Nevada range.

This is a breaking story. We will update shortly.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/us/nevada-earthquake/index.html

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Updated tweet from USGS -

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This is the M6.4 mainshock and and aftershocks as of a little earlier this morning along with the mapped faults in the area. Mainshock is the largest green circle. #usgs #earthquakes #nvquake
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Correction - Magnitude 6.5

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Prelim M6.4 Earthquake Nevada May-15 11:03 UTC, updates https://go.usa.gov/xvMGX
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7:08 AM - May 15, 2020

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00725272/executive

Original article -

(CNN) An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Nevada on Friday morning, about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas near the California border, the US Geological Survey says.

This is a breaking story. We will update shortly.

[Delphinus]

1. It's shaking there ...

the app on my phone has been going off a lot. 6.4 and a 5.4 and some smaller ones over 4.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. what app do u use ? thanks in advance .

[Delphinus]

14. It's called

Earthquake 2013-2020 Nico Tranquilli - just started using it but I like it.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. hihowdi

is it simlar to my shake ? thanks

[ItsjustMe]

2. It was a strong one

It shook Fresno Ca. really good.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181360148

[rollin74]

3. Reno felt it strongly as well

woke me from a deep sleep. The epicenter was about 200 miles away

[Mike 03]

4. Central/Northern Arizona...

I was in my garage at that time and my hot water heater shifted. Didn't feel any shaking but I was moving boxes at the time. Not sure it was the earthquake, but it was strange.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. i am in sonora ca and living in a 2 story apartment building .

i felt it . bed giggled and then the building creaked for a bit.
details below :
https://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nn00725272.html
am on the 2nd floor.

[tavernier]

18. My bed used to giggle but I was young then.

Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. tee hee . great minds think alike .

[CountAllVotes]

7. +1

& recommend!!

[NameAlreadyTaken]

8. We're in Goldfield, Nevada

It shook the whole house for what seemed like forever, probably 30 seconds at most though. Cat was terrified. But no damage at our house. Six aftershocks. U.S. 95 is closed due to cracks.

[Eugene]

9. USGS reports magnitude-6.5 earthquake in western Nevada - Associated Press

USGS reports magnitude-6.5 earthquake in western Nevada

TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in western Nevada checked for possible highway damage following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in a remote area early Friday.

The U.S. Geological Service reported the the temblor was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles (56 kilometers) west of Tonopah and just east of the Sierra Nevada range. The quake was upgraded after being initially reported at 6.4-magnitude.

The initial quake struck about 4.7 miles (7.6 kilometers) deep, the USGS said, and dozens of aftershocks were recorded in the next three hours, including two with estimated magnitudes of 4.9.

https://apnews.com/9564c52f78dfbed79526eed02828ff02

[NameAlreadyTaken]

10. U.S. 95 is closed at the moment

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Thank you - just updated the OP with the updated USGS tweet

[Baclava]

12. Didn't Nevada just have another big one a few months ago? It's all cracking open!

New inland sea on its way!

I bet all those A bomb tests in the 50s did it

[BumRushDaShow]

13. There was one near Salt Lake City, UT

Interesting update on that one!

After a 5.7 earthquake, Utah seismologists investigate a ‘virtually unknown’ fault


By Brian Maffly
· Published: March 25
Updated: April 01, 2020

Soon after Salt Lake City stopped shaking March 18 from its strongest earthquake on record, Amir Allam, a University of Utah seismologist, knew he had to get busy if he hoped to closely study the hundreds of aftershocks he knew would follow the 7:09 a.m. jolt.

The fault that is believed to have moved along the eastern base of the Oquirrh Mountains is virtually unknown, and here was a chance, dropping out of the blue, to image it. But Allam had a problem. All 210 of the U.’s portable seismographs, loaf-sized instruments known as nodal geophones, were currently deployed along California’s San Andreas fault and elsewhere, and, therefore, were unavailable for what he needed to do in his own backyard.

The Salt Lake Valley hadn’t had a sizable shake since 1962 and last week’s 5.7 magnitude earthquake offered a rare opportunity to better map the network of fractures under the valley.

Allam and his U. colleagues quickly mustered up dozens of geophones from other institutions and began burying them near the epicenter of the initial quake, likely on a fault that has remained a mystery to Utah seismologists. They hope to characterize it and determine how it is interconnected with the Wasatch fault running along the base of the foothills on Salt Lake City’s east side and its lattice of associated faults, or “strands.”

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2020/03/25/fault-that-shook-magna/

[AllaN01Bear]

16. story on msn

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/earthquake-near-tonopah-upgraded-to-6-5-esmeralda-county-says-several-portions-of-us-95-damaged/ar-BB147QvT?ocid=msedgntp

[JeaneRaye]

17. Felt in Reno, too.

Reno is 227 miles away from Tonapah, NV, so Tonapah is about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. I felt it. Awakened from a dead sleep. Woke up to shaking and though to myself "was that an Earthquake?" Looked at the clock, it was 4:04. My boyfriend called right afterwards and confirmed my thoughts. Then caught it on the news this morning.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

20. 134 aftershocks and counting

Almost all of the aftershocks are too small to feel (<2.0) but a few have been 4.0.