Strong Earthquake Hits Nevada Desert After 66 Years... No Reports of Casualties

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] On the morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in the desert area of Nevada, USA.

According to major foreign media, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the Nevada earthquake occurred at around 4:03 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) and the depth of the earthquake was 4.7 miles (approximately 7.6 km). After the magnitude 6.5 mainshock, at least six aftershocks ranging from magnitude 4.5 to 5.1 followed.

The New York Times (NYT) and others reported that the earthquake shook the western United States so strongly that it was felt as far as San Diego in southern California and Salt Lake City in Utah, which are 500 to 600 km away from the epicenter.

Fortunately, the earthquake occurred in a sparsely populated desert area, and no casualties have been reported so far.

Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, told the NYT that this earthquake was the strongest to hit Nevada in 66 years since the magnitude 7.1 earthquake near Fallon, Nevada, in 1954.

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