Editing Reno, Nevada (section)

===Geology===
[[File:Dog Valley.jpg|thumb|Dog Valley, west of Reno, an area of active faulting]]
Reno is just east of the [[Sierra Nevada]], on the western edge of the [[Great Basin]] at an elevation of about {{convert|4400|ft}} [[Height above sea level|above sea level]]. Numerous [[fault (geology)|faults]] exist throughout the region. Most of these are [[Dip-slip faults|normal]] (vertical motion) faults associated with the uplift of the various mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada.

In [[2008 Reno earthquakes|February 2008, an earthquake swarm]] began to occur, lasting for several months, with the largest quake registering at 4.9 on the [[Richter magnitude scale]], although some geologic estimates put it at 5.0. The earthquakes were centered on the Somersett community in western Reno near [[Mogul, Nevada|Mogul]] and [[Verdi, Nevada|Verdi]]. Many homes in these areas were damaged.<ref>{{cite news| title=Swarm of earthquakes shakes Reno area| date=April 30, 2008| url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/30/20080430renoquakes0430-ON.html| author=Ashley Powers|author2=Thomas H. Maugh II | newspaper=Los Angeles Times| access-date=August 27, 2008}}</ref>

The unique high desert geological features cause many to "describe Nevada as a rockhound's paradise .... access to millions of acres of government land" allows geologists, miners, and amateur rockhounds in Nevada "to hunt to your heart's content .... being able to find agate, opal, jasper, fossils, fluorescent minerals, obsidian, chalcedony, wonderstone, malachite, petrified wood, limb casts, and much more means paradise."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kappele |first1=William |title=Rockhounding Nevada: A Guide to the State's Best Rockhounding Sites |date=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-3402-4 |section=Introduction |edition=3rd}}</ref>