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Western Nevada Hit by 6.4-Magnitude Earthquake

Associated Press

   TONOPAH, NEVADA -- The U.S. Geological Service is reporting that a
   magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck in remote western Nevada early Friday.

   The temblor was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah,
   just east of the Sierra Nevada range.

   The initial quake struck about 4.7 miles (7.6 kilometers) deep, the
   USGS said, and at least six sizable aftershocks were recorded shortly
   thereafter, including two with estimated magnitudes of 5.4.

   People from Salt Lake City, Utah, to California's Central Valley
   tweeted that they felt the quake.