Seeing seismic swarms


Former mining boomtown Virginia City, nestled in the Virginia Range of western Nevada. Credit: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Former mining boomtown Virginia City, nestled in the Virginia Range of western Nevada. Credit: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

By Alka Tripathy-Lang and Wendy Bohon

September 15, 2020

In January of 2014 a small seismic swarm rattled Virginia City for approximately 10 days. Swarm-like activity can cause concern because swarms can evolve over time, resulting in damaging ground motions.

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