Preliminary focal mechanism solutions for the event, which describe the style of faulting in an earthquake, indicate slip likely occurred on a steeply dipping fault striking either east-west (left-lateral) or north-south (right-lateral). A 6. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake struck on May 15 with the epicenter at a depth of 7.6 km — 56 km west of Tonopah town and east of Sierra Nevada. The Clark County Twitter account posted about 10:45 a.m. that an earthquake was felt in the valley. LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- A preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near Tonopah on Friday morning and was felt into the Las Vegas Valley and as far away as Fresno.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A 7.1 earthquake has taken place in Ridgecrest, Californa, according to the USGS. The May 15, 2020 M 6.5 earthquake 56 km west f Tonopah, Nevada, occurred as the result of strike slip faulting in the shallow crust of the North America plate.

Felt in Las Vegas. An earthquake was felt in the Las Vegas Valley on Wednesday morning. A U.S. Geological Survey map shows the location of Ridgecrest, California, which was the epicenter of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Thursday, July 4, 2019.

4 magnitude earthquake reported in California Thursday morning could be felt in Las Vegas.

The Science and Engineering Building at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) campus has been recently instrumented for earthquake monitoring by the National Strong Motion Project (NSMP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in collaboration with the UNLV’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction. The main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was damaged and closed after the earthquake. The quake happened at 8:19 p.m. Tremors were also felt in California and Utah, authorities said. A preliminary magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near Tonopah on Friday morning and was felt into the Las Vegas Valley and as far away as Fresno.