People from Lake Tahoe to Fresno reported feeling the shaking Thursday afternoon. Photo / via TwitterAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled the California-Nevada border on Thursday afternoon, with people reporting feeling the shaking hundreds of kilometres away, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake struck at 3.49pm in a region about 402km east of San Francisco and south of Lake Tahoe. It was followed by a dozen aftershocks, with at least one with a 4.6 magnitude, the USGS said. Communities all around Lake Tahoe and as far south as Fresno, California, felt the earthquake, which had a depth of 9.8km.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 09, 2021 00:11 UTC