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Earthquake rocks remote western 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 mi ...
Earthquake hits near Reno in same week as Magna quake
According to the USGS, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit just south of Reno and Carson City, Nevada at 7:33 p.m. on Friday. The earthquake had a depth of 8.4 kilometers. It comes on the heels of a magnitude 5.7 earthquake which hit Magna, Utah on Wednesday, March 18 and caused damage across the Wasatch Front. ...