Sacramento, CA – Two minor earthquakes struck near the California-Nevada border early Thursday, briefly rattling parts of Alpine and Mono counties and raising eyebrows across the Sierra region. The first tremor, a magnitude 2.5 quake, hit just south of Markleeville around 11:02 a.m. local time, followed by a magnitude 2.6 quake southeast of Bodie at 8:04 a.m.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey and California Integrated Seismic Network, both events were automatically recorded and occurred within a 100-mile stretch of active fault zones running along the Eastern Sierra. The Markleeville quake occurred at a shallow depth of just 2 km, while the Bodie event struck deeper at 14.3 km beneath the surface.
No damage has been reported and only one person submitted a “Did You Feel It?” response, suggesting minimal ground-level impact. However, with ongoing seismic activity in the area, residents near Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, and along U.S. Route 395 are reminded to review their earthquake safety plans…