More than 5,000 earthquakes hit northwest Nevada

Name: More than 5,000 earthquakes hit northwest Nevada
Uploaded: 2015-08-10T20:45:24Z
Duration: 5 min 40 s
Description: Seismologists studying a year-long swarm of thousands of mostly minor earthquakes in northwest Nevada say they could be the precursor for a "big one," although speculation that they're related to a series of extinct volcanoes can't be ruled out.

Associated Press

Published August 11, 2015 3:18pm EDT | Updated November 29, 2015 3:10am EST

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