“Pretty much any mountain range that you see in Nevada has some faulting associated with it, so there’s a pretty large potential for earthquakes here,” Savran said. “We have the third-most ...

“Nevada has been stretched for a very long ... “All those faults between the basins and the ranges have the potential to have earthquakes.” Unlike California, where the massive San Andreas ...

Nevada is one of the most seismically active states in the country with the third most magnitude 5.0 or above quakes. “We have the potential for large earthquakes across the entire state.

People on social media reported feeling the shaking throughout western Nevada and parts of eastern California. "This event is identified as the potential mainshock of an earthquake sequence," the ...

Nevada has experienced four earthquakes since 8am ET, with the strongest reaching a 4.0 magnitude. The swarm hit Valmy, which is about 200 miles southwest of Reno, on Monday. The US Geological ...

“A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has the potential to send objects flying or damage masonry buildings,” Professor Christie Rowe, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, said. “We are ...

Rowe reminds residents Nevada remains seismically active. “As a rule, we see 5.0 earthquakes every five years or so and ... She said county crews were checking for potential issues. UNR's ...

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS IS OUT OF NEVADA. THAT PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE FEELING A 5.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. THAT HIT JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THIS HAPPENED IN ...

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. An earthquake jolted western Nevada on Monday afternoon, with the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at UNR reporting a magnitude estimate of 5.8 ...

A magnitude-5.5 earthquake Monday afternoon rattled parts of Nevada and California. The earthquake at 3:08 p.m. was centered near the central Nevada town of Yerington, about 60 miles southeast of ...