The 2008 Wells earthquake occurred at 07:16:02 on February 21, 2008 just northeast of the town of
Wells, Nevada
Wells is a small city in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census. Wells is located at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 93, approximately east of Elko and is part of ...
, United States,
causing moderate damage, mainly to older brick buildings. The quake was centered on one of the faults of the
Independence Valley fault system, about nine kilometers (5.6 miles) beneath the surface and had no known near-surface offset.
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List of earthquakes in 2008
Earthquakes in 2008 resulted in about 88,011 fatalities. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was the deadliest with 87,587 fatalities, and also the largest at 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale. Other significant earthquakes struck Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, t ...
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List of earthquakes in Nevada
This is a list of earthquakes that have occurred in or near the US state of Nevada. Only earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0 or greater will be included. Smaller quakes will not be listed unless they have caused damage, death or injury.
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List of earthquakes in the United States
The following is a list of notable earthquakes and tsunamis which had their epicenter in areas that are now part of the United States with the latter affecting areas of the United States. Those in ''italics'' were not part of the United States whe ...
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Earthquakes in Nevada
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