Studying the history of fault lines in the Tahoe Basin might be a better indicator of seismicity at the lake than recent earthquake activity in Nevada.
Last month a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Wells, a rural town in Eastern Nevada, damaging hundreds of homes and rupturing gas and water lines.
And in late January, three earthquakes shook the Tahoe region, with the largest measuring up to magnitude 3.0. The epicenter of the activity was about seven miles from Incline Village in the Mount Rose area.
Still, these activities are not necessarily the precursors to a major Tahoe earthquake or indicative of larger earthquakes to come, said Ken Smith, associate research professor and manager of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory’s seismic network.
“It’s typical earthquake behavior for Nevada,” Smith said. “These processes have been going on for thousands of years, and we have a short window in observing these things.”
While it’s difficult for scientists to fully understand the seismic cycle of Nevada, some advancements have been made in understanding activity in the Lake Tahoe Basin, especially on the Incline Village fault line.
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From CapRadio.org:
I feel a little like I’m on vacation, out on a boat in the middle of Lake Tahoe famous deep blue waters on a calm beautiful day. But I’m actually here with a team of seismologists on a serious mission. They’re looking for clues about when the next big earthquake could strike the Lake.
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