Copyright © 2020 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The USGS gave the quake … TikTok hides graphic videos amid new well-being tools. Southern Nevada shook on the morning of Fourth of July, when a 6.4-magnitude quake struck near the rural California town, about 220 driving miles from … Jared Polis limiting gatherings for religious services. Eli Lilly to buy gene therapy biotech Prevail for $1.04B. Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Authorities in Canada have arrested fashion designer Peter Nygard on allegations he sexually assaulted dozens of people, including minors, over the course of decades. Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Online retail giant Amazon produced 465 million pounds of plastic waste last year, Oceana said in a report published Tuesday. Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate and ardent supporter of President Donald Trump's, acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that President-elect Joe Biden is the winner of the 2020 election. This is a developing story. People reported feeling it across desert communities in western Nevada and in California's Sierra mountains, but there were no immediate reports of damage. Dec. 15 (UPI) -- President-elect Joe Biden is traveling to Atlanta on Tuesday for his first campaign stop since the Nov. 3 election, pushing Georgia Democrats to vote in next month's Senate runoffs. This earthquake occurs approximately 34 hours after and 11 km northwest of a M 6.4 event in the same region, on July 4th, 2019, at 17:33 UTC. During the past 30 days, Nevada was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 5.1, 8 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0, 62 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 396 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. Peter Nygard arrested, accused of sexual assault, trafficking. 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Tectonic Summary The July 4th, 2019 Mw 6.4 earthquake in eastern California, southwest of Searles Valley, occurred as the result of shallow strike slip faulting in the crust of the North America plate. The quake … The July 4th event was preceded by a short series of small foreshocks (including a M4.0 earthquake 30 minutes prior), and was followed by a robust sequence of aftershocks, including almost 250 M 2.5+ earthquakes (up until the M 7.1 event). Shaking was … Few in the Las Vegas Valley realize that Nevada is the nation’s third-most seismically active state – behind California and Alaska – with active faults statewide capable of “the big one.” The last major quake with an epicenter in Nevada was a 6.0 magnitude event in 2008 in the small community of Wells. There were no initial reports of damage or injuries. LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has hit near Tonopah, Nevada. Shaking from this aftershock was felt as far north as Fresno, as far south as Laguna Hills (including Los Angeles), and as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada. A shallow earthquake struck near the California-Nevada border in the early morning hours on May 15, 2020, waking people as far away as the Bay Area and Las Vegas. An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude was recorded southeast of Mina … Oceana: Retailer Amazon's plastic waste is polluting waterways. Four of the earthquakes were larger than 3.0, according to the laboratory. Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck a remote area of Nevada early Friday a couple hundred miles from downtown Las Vegas, geologists said. A 20-mile segment of the main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was closed because of damage caused by Friday's 6.5 earthquake. A magnitude-6.5 quake shook western Nevada and parts of California and Utah in May and damaged a major highway that connects Reno and Las Vegas. Lone Pine, California, was rocked by a powerful earthquake on Wednesday morning, forcing evacuations at a nearby hiking destination. The largest earthquake within 30 miles of Las Vegas, NV was a 3.9 Magnitude in 1995. — Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 6, 2019 A 7.1 magnitude earthquake … It was the strongest quake to his Nevada in more than 60 years. The USGS database shows that there is a 38.25% chance of a major earthquake within 50km of Las Vegas, NV within the next 50 years. MINA — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a remote corner of Nevada early Friday, shaking the desert and a nearby town, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Dec. 15 (UPI) -- President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for the transportation secretary post. © Las Vegas Sun, 2020, All Rights Reserved. 11,453 earthquakes in the past 365 days The largest earthquake in Nevada: today: 3.1 in Hawthorne , Nevada , United States Friday’s earthquake struck about 200 miles from Las Vegas. File Photo by James Atoa/UPI |, Pete Buttigieg tapped as transportation secretary. Biden travels to Atlanta to campaign for Georgia Senate races. A 6.4 earthquake … LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake could be felt in Las Vegas, originating about 14 miles outside of Ridgecrest, California, roughly 180 miles west of Las Vegas. 5.5 magnitude earthquake near Ridgecrest, CA felt in Las Vegas Magnitude 4.5 quake hits near Carson City Southwest Gas explains how to react to gas leak after an earthquake Earthquake Tickets | Event Dates & Schedule | Ticketmaster.com Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell are offering U.S. authorities a $28 million bail package, insisting that the British socialite and accused accomplice of sex offender Jeffery Epstein is not a flight risk. Supreme Court sides with Colorado church that opposes COVID-19 limits. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was located in a desert area in west-central Nevada about 20 miles southeast of Mina, 120 miles southeast of Reno and 200 miles northwest of Las Vegas. MINA — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a remote corner of Nevada early Friday, shaking the desert and a nearby town, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. 95 reopens after earthquake near Tonapah. By the evening of July 5, more than 1,400 earthquakes occurred, the strongest of which measured 5.4 M w at 4:07 a.m. PDT (11:07 UTC) on July 5. The earthquake was followed by dozens of aftershocks, including several with a magnitude of about 3.0, the USGS said. The earthquake hit about 24 miles south of Mina, Nevada on Tuesday. A view of marquees along famous Las Vegas Boulevard is seen on March 26 in Las Vegas, Nev. A strong earthquake rattled the Nevada desert on Friday between Las Vegas and Reno, scientist said. A 4.8-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 exact location of the earthquake was in a remote part of the state between Reno and Las Vegas, about 35 miles west of Tonopah. Alaskans rocked by 3 overnight earthquakes, 6.8-magnitude earthquake, aftershocks shake Chile, At least 85 dead in Turkey quake; children pulled from debris alive. Los Angeles (CNN) The strongest earthquake to hit Southern California in nearly 20 years prompted one city to declare a state of emergency Thursday, and shook residents from Las Vegas to … The quake struck at 1:13 a.m. and was centered about 21 miles (34 kilometers) southeast of Mina, a town of about 155, at a depth of 3.73 miles (6 kilometers), the USGS said. More than a dozen aftershocks followed the 5:15 a.m. quake about 200 miles north of … It was not yet known if … LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Friday’s earthquake near Tonopah serves as a reminder that fault lines are running under Las Vegas and throughout Southern Nevada. Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy gene therapy biotech Prevail for more than $1 billion. The late-morning earthquake was one of at least three centered near the California-Nevada border that were felt in Las Vegas and other parts of of the Silver State in the past year. Nov. 13 (UPI) --A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck a remote area of Nevada early Friday a couple hundred miles from downtown Las Vegas, geologists said. Ridgecrest, where the earthquake was centered, is a Southern California city about 115 miles northeast of L.A. and about 150 miles west of Las Vegas. Six aftershocks, between 4.5 and 5.1-magnitude in strength, rippled through the region after the main earthquake… LOS ANGELES—A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck a remote area in the Mojave Desert, sending tremors as far as Los Angeles and Nevada. RENO, Nev. — Nevada's largest earthquake in 66 years left little more than cracked asphalt and shaken residents in its wake, but according to the top scientist at the state's seismological lab… Earthquakes in the past 7 days of magnitude 2.0 or greater within 250 mi Update time = Sun, 13-Dec-2020 11:11:17 PST LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- An earthquake in California on Friday night could be felt in parts of the Las Vegas valley, along with a number of aftershocks. LAS VEGAS (AP) — The cracked main highway between Las Vegas and Reno reopened Friday, 10 hours after a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake that a researcher called the largest to strike the remote area of western Nevada in 65 years. Dr. Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine progress 'bittersweet'; U.S. cases, deaths down. Earthquake Information for Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, NV has a high earthquake risk, with a total of 625 earthquakes since 1931. An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude was recorded about 20 miles southeast of Mina early Friday. 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