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  • Quakes Keep Shaking Reno; Scientists Stumped

    05/01/2008 8:04:18 AM PDT · by blam · 71 replies · 133+ views
    National Geographic News ^ | 4-30-3008 | Sandra Chereb
    Quakes Keep Shaking Reno; Scientists StumpedSandra Chereb in Reno, Nevada Associated PressApril 30, 2008 Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, are scrutinizing seismic readings and studying damage at residents' homes to try to figure out what's happening beneath Earth's surface under a northwest Reno neighborhood rocked by a seemingly endless string of earthquakes. What they can't say is whether the hundreds of temblors that have rattled the area for two months—the largest a magnitude 4.7 Friday night—are subsiding or a prelude to bigger things to come. "You're not going to get an earthquake prediction today," John Anderson, director of...