Truckee-area earthquake shakes North Lake Tahoe region

A minor earthquake shook the North Lake Tahoe region early Friday afternoon.

The magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck around 12:45 p.m. about 6 miles north-northeast of Truckee, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake had a depth of about 2.2 miles.

A smaller magnitude 2.6 foreshock was recorded in the same area about a minute earlier.

According to the USGS map, the magnitude 3.5 quake may have been felt around the Lake Tahoe area and into parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills…

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