Series of earthquakes strikes Reno, Nevada area
{{date|April 25, 2008}}
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A large series of [[w:earthquake|earthquakes]] has hit the northern area of [[United States|U.S.]] state [[Nevada]] recently, particularly in and around the [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] metropolitan area.  Between the hours of 01:00 [[w:Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] (08:00 [[w:UTC|UTC]]) on April 24 and 16:00 PDT (23:00 UTC) on April 25, over 125 earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 0.7 to 4.2 on the [[w:Richter scale|Richter scale]], hit the Reno area.  Six of the earthquakes were of magnitude 3.0 or greater, noticeably shaking local residents.  The area has seen at least 500 earthquakes greater than magnitude 0.7 in the last two months; of those, about 45 have exceeded 2.0 on the Richter scale.

Nevada is the third most earthquake-active state in the United States, and the Reno area regularly sees seismological activity.  However, recent events, particularly yesterday's series of tremors, have become alarmingly frequent for locals.  The recent tremors are also unusual in that the most recent earthquakes have been the largest. The most common earthquake scenario is a large quake followed by smaller aftershocks.

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*{{wikinews|title=Several earthquakes shake Nevada|date=February 28, 2008}}

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*{{source|url=http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.htm|title=Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada|pub=US Geological Survey|date=April 25, 2008}}<!--Concern!  This chart is real-time, and regularly updated.  In time, this evidence will vanish.  How do we fix this problem?  I'm doing first-hand reporting here, and I compiled the numbers for the article myself by going through this list.-->
*{{source|url=http://www.seismo.unr.edu/feature/2008/mogul.html|title=West Reno, Nevada, Nevada Earthquakes|pub=Nevada Seismological Laboratory|date=April 25, 2008}}
*{{source|url=http://www.seismo.unr.edu/feature/2008/Reports/NSL_Mogul_Earthquake_4-24-2008.pdf|title=Earthquakes in the West Reno Mogul-Somerset Area|pub=Nevada Seismological Laboratory|date=April 25, 2008}}

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Reno, Nevada 
A large series of earthquakes has hit the northern area of U.S. state Nevada recently, particularly in and around the Reno metropolitan area.  Between the hours of 01:00 PDT (08:00 UTC) on April 24 and 16:00 PDT (23:00 UTC) on April 25, over 125 earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 0.7 to 4.2 on the Richter scale, hit the Reno area.  Six of the earthquakes were of magnitude 3.0 or greater, noticeably shaking local residents.  The area has seen at least 500 earthquakes greater than magnitude 0.7 in the last two months; of those, about 45 have exceeded 2.0 on the Richter scale.

Nevada is the third most earthquake-active state in the United States, and the Reno area regularly sees seismological activity.  However, recent events, particularly yesterday's series of tremors, have become alarmingly frequent for locals.  The recent tremors are also unusual in that the most recent earthquakes have been the largest. The most common earthquake scenario is a large quake followed by smaller aftershocks.
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