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Could a big earthquake in California cause earthquakes in Nevada?

April 26, 2017big California cause earthquake earthquakes Nevada

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Could a big earthquake in California cause earthquakes in Nevada?

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In the past we didn’t think so, but now we know that the 1992 Landers earthquake caused minor events all the way up into southern and western Nevada. Any other magnitude 7 earthquake might be big enough to repeat that. We do not expect any earthquake smaller than magnitude 7 to trigger tiny events in Nevada.