Update From Nevada Seismological Laboratory:
RENO — The Nevada Seismological Laboratory reports a magnitude 4.5 earthquake located near the south end of Carson City at 6:33 p.m. on March 20. More than 6,000 people reported feeling the earthquake and posted their response on the USGS Did-You-Feel-It Website. The location of the event is Latitude: 39,1112N; Longitude: -119.7316N; with a depth of 5 miles.
The event was felt as far away as the Sacramento Valley, Merced and Fresno. Light shaking was reported in Carson City.
“The earthquake is in an area that has experienced earthquake swarm behavior, on-and-off, for several years,” Ken Smith, seismic network manager at the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, said. “There have been about two dozen ongoing small aftershocks which is expected for an event of this size.”.
Updated information for activity associated with this earthquake is available at http://www.seismo.unr.edu.
The Nevada-Eastern California border region has a history of large damaging earthquakes and citizens should always consider earthquake preparedness. Information is available at the Great Nevada Shakeout website or at www.readywashoe.com.
The Nevada Seismological Laboratory, a public safety information service department at the University of Nevada, Reno, is a member of the USGS Advanced National Seismic System (http://www.anss.org) and operates a network of about 150 real-time seismograph stations throughout the region providing earthquake information to Nevada citizens, the USGS, and local and state officials.
YouTube video posted by user Old Radios & Phonographs:
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Original posts:From Dayton to Reno to South Lake Tahoe people across the region felt a 4.5 earthquake that happened at 6:33 p.m. The quake was reported near Prison Hill.
The quake was originally reported as a 5.0 but was downgraded to a 4.5 by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Minor damage — items falling off shelves and walls — was reported. A social media of the south Carson City Walmart shows broken glass in an aisle. Scanner traffic reported gas being shutoff at one house.
A second quake — an aftershock — a 2.0 was reported at 6:47 p.m. More aftershocks about 15 in total have occurred by 8:30, with the largest being a 2.5
For more information: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00719663/executive
| Magnitude | 5.0 |
| Date-Time | 21 Mar 2020 01:33:34 UTC20 Mar 2020 18:33:34 near epicenter20 Mar 2020 17:33:34 standard time in your timezone |
| Location | 39.120N 119.671W |
| Depth | 1 km |
| Distances | 9.2 km (5.7 mi) NNE of Johnson Lane, Nevada 9.6 km (6.0 mi) ESE of Carson City, Nevada 26.5 km (16.4 mi) NNE of Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada 34.2 km (21.2 mi) NE of South Lake Tahoe, California 28.9 mi S of Sparks, Nevada |
| Magnitude | 2.0 |
| Date-Time | 21 Mar 2020 01:39:37 UTC20 Mar 2020 18:39:37 near epicenter20 Mar 2020 17:39:37 standard time in your timezone |
| Location | 39.115N 119.735W |
| Depth | 8 km |
| Distances | 5.4 km (3.3 mi) NE of Indian Hills, Nevada 6.1 km (3.8 mi) SSE of Carson City, Nevada 25.2 km (15.6 mi) N of Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada 29.6 km (18.3 mi) NE of South Lake Tahoe, California 45.3 km (28.1 mi) ESE of Truckee, California |
| Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 1.3 km |
| Parameters | Nph = 8; Dmin = 12.0 km; Rmss = 0.08 seconds; Gp = 186° Version = 719669 |
| Event ID | nn 00719669 |
For updates, maps, and technical information
see: Event Page or USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
University of Nevada, Reno
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