Another 4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Oregon/Nevada border after swarms of earthquakes since July

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A magnitude 4.9 earthquake rippled beneath the desert floor about 40 miles east/southeast of Lakeview late Tuesday night on the Oregon/Nevada border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was followed by a series of smaller quakes in the same general area. Four people reported feeling it; the nearest person was in Cedarville, California, about 45 miles west.

USGS geophysicist Randy Baldwin says the Black Rock Desert area has had several minor quakes in the last few months. Seismologists with the Nevada Seismological Laboratory have been tracking swarms of earthquakes in the area since July.

Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the nation behind California and Alaska.

USGS list of earthquakes in most recent swarm