{ "summary": "Earthquakes in Nevada between the 1840s to December 31, 2014. Some earthquakes outside the state of Nevada are also shown.", "accessInformation": "Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology", "thumbnail": "thumbnail/Hazards_Earthquakes.png", "culture": "en-US", "name": "Earthquakes", "description": "Earthquakes are recorded by a network of seismic stations. Each station measures the movement of the ground. As rocks slide past eachother, vibrations and energy travel out from the earthquake in a wave. As the wave passes by a seismic station, the ground vibrates and a signal is recorded. Knowing how fast the different seismic waves travel, seismologists calculate a time, location, and magnitude. The earthquakes in this map are displayed by magnitude and location.", "licenseInfo": "", "title": "Earthquakes", "tags": [ "earthquakes", "seismicity", "Nevada", "Great Basin", "magnitudes" ] }