4.1 earthquake rattles Nevada security site near Yucca Mountain

By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 17, 2017 - 8:34 am

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Geologists say a small earthquake that shook the Nevada National Security Site early Monday occurred along the same fault as a swarm of earthquakes that rocked the area in 1999.

The 4.1 magnitude earthquake at 2:27 a.m. was centered about 7 miles northeast of the government town of Mercury at the security site and 4.2 miles below the surface, U.S. Geological Survey geo...
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