Reno on Shaky Ground
Posted May 2, 2008 @ 12:04 pm, Viewed by 215 Visitors, Read 219 Times.
With over 300 earth quakes in the last 60 days, you can see why the residents of Reno and Sparks are a little on edge. The swarm of quakes has been centered on the west end of town in the Mogul - Somersett area. So far the biggest one was a 4.7 last Friday night, wreaking havoc on the shelf items in grocery stores. One of the biggest hit was Whispering Vine wine shop in Somersett. They lost over 300 bottles of wine.
Most residents did experience some varying degree of damage from pictures falling to a lot of cracks in sheet rock. The concern with the pattern of these quakes is that they are steadily getting larger, whereas most large quakes will be followed by smaller after shocks.
Residents have been warned to be prepared for a larger one, while stressing it is impossible to predict these events. The last time Reno had anything this big was a couple of shakers over 6 in magnitude back in 1948 and 1953.
The timing could not have been worse for the struggling Reno Real Estate market. Not only have prices been going down but these quakes are making the buyers that are out there to second guess themselves.
Reno is the third most active state in the lower 48 states for earth quakes, falling behind California and Alaska.
David Hughes
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