About 20 minor earthquakes reported in Nevada over 12 hours?

Question

What the heck? I lived in AZ for 38 yrs and never heard of anything like this.

Answer 1

Mostly in the Reno-Carson Valley area. There are a number of faults in that area. So, even though things stay dormant for a while, seismic activity is a given.

Answer 2

Yeah,they total over 300 per month globally.30 years ago it was 100 per year.

Answer 3

i live in nevada and this is the first i've heard of this.