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A series of minor earthquakes hit Reno
city, Nevada in northern California on Thursday afternoon causing no
immediate injuries.
The temblors are probably aftershocks from the 6.0 quake
that rattled Nevada
in February, the largest in 14 years.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the strongest quake
with a magnitude of 4.2 occurred at 3:55 p.m. PT and was centered 6 miles of Reno. It shook downtown for
about 30 seconds just before 4 p.m. and followed a 4.1-magnitude quake minutes
earlier.
“It shook the whole house real good. This was the strongest one in the last
two months. I was wondering whether I should grab the kid and get under the
table. You could see the sides of the house swaying,” said Rick Dinoso, a
resident of the northwest part of town, according to the Associated Press.
The USGS said there were about 30 quakes over about a two-hour period that
measured 1.0 or more on the Richter scale.
“The activity west of Reno
is unusual in that the largest earthquakes of the series have been the latest
to occur. This is out of the normal pattern of main shock followed by smaller
aftershocks, such as has occurred with the Wells, Nevada, earthquake of Feb. 21. The
persistence of this particular earthquake slightly increases this probability
for a significant earthquake in west Reno.
However, the occurrence of additional earthquake activity in the Mogul area
cannot be predicted or forecast,” the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the
University of Nevada, Reno said in a statement, according to local Reno
Gazette Journal.
Fortunately, no injuries or major damage were reported.
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