The 2008 Wells earthquake occurred at 07:16:02 on February 21, 2008 just northeast of the town of Wells, Nevada, United States,[1] causing moderate damage, mainly to older brick buildings. The quake was centered on one of the faults of the Independence Valley fault system, about nine kilometers (5.6 miles) beneath the surface and had no known near-surface offset.[2]
^ ab"M 5.9 - 8km ENE of Wells, Nevada". Earthquake Hazards Program. USGS. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
^Jennifer L. Nealy; Harley M. Benz; Gavin P. Hayes; Eric A. Bergman; William D. Barnhart (14 March 2017). "The 2008 Wells, Nevada, Earthquake Sequence: Source Constraints Using Calibrated Multiple‐Event Relocation and InSAR". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 107 (3): 1107–1117. Bibcode:2017BuSSA.107.1107N. doi:10.1785/0120160298. ISSN 1943-3573. Wikidata Q59786888.
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