November 6, 2022

COLORADO CITY

 

An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 struck the Lake Mary region about 6 miles southeast of Flagstaff this morning. The last earthquakes to occur in this region were a group of 5-7 earthquakes in October of 1979. The Lake Mary fault thaqt runs parallel to Upper and Lower Lake Mary is within the Cataract Creek fault system. The magnitude 4.9 and 5.4 earthquakes of April 1993 occurred about 60 miles northwest of this morning's epicenter within the same fault system.

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