A magnitude-5.5 earthquake Monday in Nevada rumbled via the Lake Tahoe area and components of Northern California, based on the U.S. Geological Survey.
The temblor struck at 3:08 p.m., 13 miles northeast of Yerington, based on the USGS. The incident was adopted by at the very least 10 earthquakes with magnitudes starting from 2.5 to three.3, based on the federal company.
The earthquake was initially recorded at a magnitude of 5.8 earlier than it was downgraded by seismologists.
The quake’s epicenter is about 43 miles east from South Lake Tahoe.
Sacramento residents reported feeling waves from the earthquake from downtown Sacramento to the Pocket neighborhood.
Chris Micheli, a Sacramento lobbyist, stated he swayed whereas sitting at his desk on the eighth ground of the Senator Lodge on L Avenue, simply throughout from the California state Capitol.
“I haven’t felt one like that” in about 15 years, he stated.
Monday’s earthquakes occurred on the heels of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the Northern California coast final week that uprooted houses in Humboldt County and minimize energy for 1000’s.
That temblor briefly prompted a tsunami warning from Oregon to San Francisco. Bay Space residents have been additionally given evacuation warnings earlier than authorities gave the all-clear.
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Initially Revealed: December 9, 2024 at 5:37 PM PST
