TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Service is reporting that a magnitude-6.5 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.
The area around the quake center will continue to experience aftershocks, mainly smaller than the main quake, but potentially larger as well. The USGS says this earthquake could be part of a sequence. An earthquake sequence may have larger and potentially damaging earthquakes in the future, so remember to drop, cover, and hold on.