Carson City fire chief says remarkably little damage from recent quakes

  • Source: Nevada Appeal
  • Published: 03/28/2020 03:27 PM

Carson City Fire Chief Sean Slamon says the area suffered remarkably little damage from last week’s earthquakes. The swarm started last Friday with a magnitude 4.5 temblor near Prison Hill just after 6:30 p.m. But that was followed by more than 100 smaller aftershocks, the largest of which was 3.2 on the Richter scale on Saturday. “I’m not aware of any significant damage,” said Slamon. “Not even reports of home damage.” He said Save Mart south and a couple of other stores reported some products getting knocked off shelves and there was one minor gas leak that may or may not have been caused by the quake. “Overall, we survived pretty well.” But he said the quakes were a good reminder for people to make some preparations for emergencies starting with planning to be on your own for at least 72 hours.



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