No damage has been reported locally. More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of Reno after the earthquake hit Friday night, the most powerful in a two-month-long series of quakes and the strongest around the city since one in 1953 that measured 5.2, said scientists at the University of Reno. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake’s epicenter was near Mogul, west of Reno. The upscale area, along the eastern Sierra Nevada, had been rattled by more than 100 quakes on Thursday. The strongest, with a magnitude of 4.2, caused high-rise casinos to sway in downtown Reno. Nevada is the third most seismically active state behind California and Alaska. A magnitude 6 quake on Feb. 21 near the Utah border was the 15th of at least that magnitude in the state’s 143-year history.
Monday, 28 April 2008 03:38
Quake Shakes Reno .. And Amador County
A day after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck
northern Nevada’s
largest city, scientists urged residents to prepare for a larger temblor as the
area continued to rumble on Saturday. TSPN has received reports from
across Amador County from residents who reported to
have felt the quake which occurred approximately 11:40 pm Friday night.
One Pine Grove resident said that for a moment, he could see his house visibly
shaking and had to calm his frightened children.
