Earthquake near Enterprise, Nevada (also felt in Las Vegas)
Last update: October 5, 2014 at 10:44 am by By Armand Vervaeck
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Update 10:30 UTC : ER does not immediately expect damage from this earthquake
14km (9mi) SSW of Enterprise, Nevada
23km (14mi) S of Spring Valley, Nevada
24km (15mi) SSE of Summerlin South, Nevada
25km (16mi) SSW of Paradise, Nevada
399km (248mi) NW of Phoenix, Arizona
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Magnitude : 3.58
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2014-10-05 03:11:26
Moderate earthquake shakes Spanish Springs, Nevada (August 26/27, 2013)
Last update: August 27, 2013 at 7:08 am by By Ashish Khanal
Update : A 4.1 Magnitude quake (initially reported as a 4.7) struck just 3km from Spanish Springs, Nevada. USGS calculations indicates that 20,000 people may felt a Moderate shaking (MMI V), a moderate shaking can create minor damage like cracked walls and broken windows. The quake was felt in Reno, Nevada (225,000 people) as a light shaking or MMI IV.
3km (2mi) NE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
11km (7mi) NE of Sun Valley, Nevada
16km (10mi) NNE of Sparks, Nevada
19km (12mi) NE of Reno, Nevada
57km (35mi) N of Carson City, Nevada
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Magnitude : 4.65
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-08-26 17:51:43
Exceptionally strong shallow earthquake along the border of Nevada and California
Last update: February 13, 2013 at 9:12 am by By Ashish Khanal
Update 09:12 UTC : Earthquakes and (expected) shaking intensities are not an exact science as you can see by comparing both images below. The population exposure is the theoretical map of the intensities as expected by USGS. Mammoth Lakes and Bishop are just falling in the MMI II radius (very weak shaking), which should have been hardly felt in these towns. But … people have felt this earthquake in a far wider radius (map just below this paragraph). Such maps are mainly an indication on what to expect in general. Do not blame USGS to be erroneous, because seismology (including intensities) is a very complicated matter. Earthquake waves are propagated through many layers in the earth and each layer can have a different propagation structure. We can assure you, USGS does great work in getting as close as possible to the reality and their work and accuracy are improving year after year.
Update 08:47 UTC : Since the mainshock we have counted 8 M3+ aftershocks. Aftershocks are normal and some faulting areas are very sensitive to aftershocks like this one.
– 28000 people will have experienced this as a weak earthquake. These are theoretical intensity values. As one can see below in our I Have Felt It reports, this earthquake was perceived by people at a far greater distance than the USGS did expect.
Exceptionally strong earthquake in a luckily sparsely populated area.
The maximum shaking intensity as calculated by the USGS was a weak to very weak shaking (MMI II or III).
The area has however a number of cattle barns in a radius of 10 to 20 miles from the epicenter and it cannot be excluded that these may have been damaged.
The epicenter area has NO volcanic past but influencing the seismic pattern of the nearby Mammoth Mountain volcanic field cannot be excluded.
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Magnitude : 5.1
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-02-12 16:10:13
Strong earthquake mear Caliente, Nevada (felt in St George and Las Vegas)
Last update: May 22, 2015 at 8:32 pm by By Armand Vervaeck
Update : The strongest earthquake since 1900 in this area happened in St. George Utah and measured M5.6 (1992)
Update : The maximum projected shaking will be “light shaking”
Update : Earthquake-Report.com does not expect serious damage from this earthquake mainly because it happened in a very unpopulated area.
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 4.83
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-05-22 11:47:43
GMT/UTC Time : 2015-05-22 18:47:43
from: http://earthquake-report.com/2015/05/22/strong-earthquake-caliente-nevada-on-may-22-2015/