Photograph of the Carson Range, with Lake Tahoe in the background, near Genoa and Walley's Hot Springs, Douglas County
Photographer: Terri Garside 1994

Graphic showing the basins (yellow) and ranges (orange) in Nevada. A Quaternary fault forms one or both sides of nearly every mountain range in Nevada.
Graphic design by Susan Tingley ~1995

Graphic showing epicenters of earthquakes in Nevada, 1852 to 1995.jpg
Graphic design by NBMG ~1996

Photograph of the Quaternary fault at the base of the Argenta Rim, Lander County. Chet Wrucke, USGS geologist, stands at the fault surface.
Photographer: Jon Price 04-Jun-01

Locations of epicenters of earthquakes in California and Nevada
Graphics by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory - permission to reprint should be obtained from them. ~1995

Backhoe trench along the Genoa fault near Walley's Hot Springs, south of the town of Genoa, Douglas County. The maximum displacement along the fault during its last event, about 550 to 650 years ago, was 5.5 meters. NBMG geologist John Bell points at the fault plane.
Photographer: Jon Price ~1992

Surface of the Genoa fault in a gravel quarry south of Genoa
Photographer: Terri Garside 18-Aug-01

Surface of the Genoa fault in a gravel quarry south of Genoa
Photographer: Terri Garside 18-Aug-01

Probabilistic seismic hazard map produced by the U.S. Geological Survey for the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program and incorporated into the seismic provisions of the International Building Code 2000.
Cartography: USGS 1997

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