Measured 6.3, according to the USGA, which will get your attention. No details yet. If you live on the Internet, as I do, and follow the news closely, as I do, it’s interesting to see how long it takes for online news organization to catch up to events such as this one. Right now, about 30 minutes after the quake, there’s nothing being reported. Bet TV news has it already.
(Update: Something called The National Terror Alert scoops the news crews. Never knew earthquakes could be a WMD.)
(Update 2: An ironic reportfrom a few days ago regarding unusually light earthquake activity in Nevada.)
(Update 3: FOX TV on the case; says quake felt in Salt Lake City.)
(Update4, 10 a.m.: KRQE News 13 has a map.)
(Update 5: CNN awakens with AP info: Undersheriff Rocky Gonzalez, of Elko County, Nevada, told The Associated Press there are unconfirmed reports of damage to buildings there.)
(Update 6, 10:04: That AP storyis now on Google News)
(Update 7: Salt Lake Tribune says building were swaying in that city’s downtown for several minutes.)
(Update 8, 10:07: This summary of the coverage can now be found on Google News.)
(Update 9: Blogger — “It’s a shaker!” — says his condo shook and that he’s heard reports of damage elsewhere.)
(Update 10, 10:17: Another account: “It was pretty bad,” said Jane Kelso, who answered the phone at the Motel 6. “Everything in our whole building shook. We have cracks in our walls.”)
(Update 11: Things would have different had this happened in southern Nevada, of course, but Vegas Sun isn’t overly concerned.)
(Update 12: Another blogger expresses his disappointment at having missed all the excitement.)
(Update 13: A news biz lesson I learned many years ago is that damage reports from earthquakes can take quite a while to emerge. Nonetheless, at 10:40 a.m. and given the remote location of this one, I’m starting to gain confidence that there wasn’t much here … and I’ll be able to return to my regular programming soon.)
(Update 14: This blogger makes a point that flashed across my mind earlier, namely that news outlets that might ordinarily get excited about an earthquake are busy at the moment with John McCain vs. the New York Times.)
(Update 15: Gambling site relieved to report that quake happened “well north of Las Vegas.)
(Update 16, 10:55: The Salt Lake Tribune appears to be the go-to source for info on this event, as their site is now reporting fairly significant damage in Wells, Nev.)
(Update 17, 11:30: USGA downgrades magnitude to 6.0.)
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