(ETH) – A powerful magnitude-6.4 earthquake has struck in remote western Nevada early on Friday, according to a report from Fox News. Residents from Salt Lake City, Utah, to California’s Central Valley, have reported feeling the quake.

The quake was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah, just east of the Sierra Nevada range at about 4.7 miles deep. The report indicated that the USGS stated that at least six sizable aftershocks were recorded shortly after the 6.4, including two with estimated magnitudes of 5.4.


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