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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Eastern Nevada, Including Las Vegas
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By Sean Breslin
Published May 22 2015 04:03 PM EDT @ weather.com
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Nevada just before noon local time Friday morning, surprising many residents and Las Vegas tourists who claimed they felt the tremor.
The quake was centered 24 miles south-southwest of Caliente, Nevada, near the border shared by Nevada, Utah and Arizona, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred just 2.6 miles below the surface. The epicenter was about 90 miles north of Las Vegas.
read more @ http://www.weather.com/news/news/eastern-nevada-earthquake-las-vegas
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5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Eastern Nevada, Including Las Vegas (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
May 2015
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. Clearly God hates Cliven Bundy!
fredamae
(4,458 posts)2. The whole West Coast Is Shakin'
dixiegrrrrl
(60,148 posts)3. My god..I had no idea.
I do know that a lot of earthquakes on the West Coast happen in the spring..we even used to joke about that.
But did not realize there were so many on the same day from BC on down.
Thanks for posting this.