5.3-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas; Spaghetti Bowl ramp closed

Saturday's catastrophic earthquake in Nepal occurred because of two converging tectonic plates: the India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Tectonic plates are the large, thin, relatively rigid plates

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake as magnitude 4.0. Kent Police began receiving reports of the earthquake tremor in the East Kent area at around 2.57am today. Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Services have 

Surprisingly, today's temblor wasn't even a very big one, relatively speaking — just (just!) a 3.3-magnitude quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter, for now, was located near the Luna Vista Golf Course 

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