Scientists detect dozens of mysterious earthquakes near top-secret US base that tests nuclear weapons

Strange earthquakes have been recorded near one of the US’s most secretive nuclear weapon testing facilities, and scientists have revealed details.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), there have been approximately 16 earthquakes that measured over 2.5 in magnitude.

But what’s even stranger is that those quakes are coming from the direction of ‘Area 52’, aka, the Nevada Tonopah Test Range.

While you might have never heard of this site, it’s an important location for the US military, as it allows the government to test experimental aircraft and weaponry just north of and within its neighboring Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).

But with over 100 seismic events within 50 miles of Area 52, it’s coming at a scary time.

The earthquakes – which measure between 1.0 and 1.9 to 4.9 - come just after the US and Israel hurdled missiles at Iran on February 28, leading to the Middle Eastern nation to lash out and retaliate against US bases in nine neighboring countries.

The earthquakes were detected near the Nevada Tonopah Test Range (Getty Stock Images)

Even residents in Las Vegas 180 miles away allegedly felt the tremors, but without any confirmation from the Trump Administration about possible weapons testing in preparation for another attack on Iran, the reason for the tremors remains unknown.

But what is known is that the cluster of quakes occurred in the Central Nevada Seismic Zone, which is about 200 to 300 miles long and was caused by the Earth stretching, causing cracks in the environment as the tectonic plates shift.

What also can cause these cracks is underground nuclear tests, which see nuclear weapons exploding underground and being detonated.

Earthquakes ranging between 1.0 and 4.9 occurred (Getty Stock Images)

But according to the Nuclear Museum, the US last conducted its nuclear test called the Divider on September 23, 1992, at an underground facility in Nevada called the Nevada National Security Site.

The website states this 'was the last of the 1,032 nuclear tests carried out by the United States since The Trinity Test 47 years earlier.’

Currently, that same site is no longer used for nuclear weapons testing, but is still used for 'national security needs’.

The Museum claimed that 'deemed necessary, the site could be authorized again for nuclear weapons testing’ and that the site is the ‘preferred location for National Nuclear Security Administration defense programs, industry research, and development efforts.’

This is where the US government apparently conduct ‘open air experiments’ that focus on ‘emergency response techniques and test remediation.’

So there you have it.