Wednesday, November 4, 2015

A series of three earthquakes shook Arizona Sunday night. The epicenters were just north of Black Canyon City in central Arizona off Interstate 17.





4.1-magnitude Arizona earthquake shakes metro Phoenix

 

Residents reported shaking across metro Phoenix on Sunday night amid at least three quakes that struck near Black Canyon City.

 

 
A string of earthquakes north of Phoenix gave the Valley a rare jolt Sunday night, and the largest – a magnitude 4.1 just before 11:30 p.m. – rattled homes across the region.

The series of at least three Arizona earthquakes generated no reports of notable damage, but left people swaying or stunned from Black Canyon City, closest to the epicenter, to Camp Verde and across metro Phoenix as far as Queen Creek.

Michael Conway of the Arizona Geological Survey said Monday morning that scientists had not identified the causative fault line yet. Because the earthquake was small and did not rupture the ground, it will be hard to identify where it originated, Conway said.He also said there will be aftershocks over the next few days, many of them too small to feel.


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