That paper talks about something I've kept an eye on for a few years (just casually, of course - I'm not a geologist) - the eastward migration of the NA-Pacific transform margin. As I recall, a lot of geologists predict the major movement on the boundary will jump to the Owens Vally area or nearby.

The Reno activity may be confusing to those who want to nail it down precisely, but I can't imagine too many geologists being surprised there's activity in the region not manifesting as Basin & Range extension.

As they say, buy your Nevada beachfront property now while it's cheap.