BREAKING: 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit western Nevada Friday morning
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck in remote western Nevada early Friday, according to The U.S. Geological Service.
The quake was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah, just east of the Sierra Nevada range. At 6.4 magnitude, the temblor is considered at the “strong” level on the Richter scale, causing damage to a moderate number of well-built structures in populated areas.
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.
The quake first struck just after 4 a.m. local time and was reportedly felt as far away as Reno and Sacramento, according to USA Today.
The magnitude 6.4 quake has been marked as "reviewed" by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, meaning it's magnitude has been finalized by a seismologist.
The quakes, including the 6.4, are striking in the desert between Tonopah and Hawthorne, near U.S. 95, according the a Nevada Seismological lab map of the earthquakes.
People from Salt Lake City, Utah, to California's Central Valley tweeted that they felt the quake.
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