A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nevada Monday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey, with shaking felt as far west as California.
The quake struck 15 miles north-northeast of the town of Yerington, about 40 miles east of Carson City, at 3:08 p.m. local time. More than 10,000 people reported feeling the earthquake on the U.S. Geological Survey website in a little over two hours after it hit.
Fourteen aftershocks struck the same area before 5:30 p.m., ranging in size from 2.5 to 4.2. The initial quake’s depth was reported at a relatively shallow 8.4 kilometers beneath the earth’s surface. Any quake less than 70 kilometers deep is considered to be shallow by USGS standards.
Strong to very strong shaking was felt near the earthquake’s epicenter, according to a USGS intensity map, with Carson City and Reno seeing light to moderate shaking.
No injuries or damages have been reported.
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Shaking felt in western, northern California
According to the USGS, the shaking from the earthquake could be felt as far west as San Francisco and up to Sacramento in California.
Residents in Sacramento saw ornaments on a Christmas tree sway, water sloshing in a swimming pool, and a computer swaying for a few seconds, according to the Los Angeles Times.
According to the USGS intensity map, the shaking reported in California was of weak to light intensity.
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck California last week
The Nevada earthquake comes just days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck California.
The quake hit Thursday near the town of Petrolia, about 265 miles north of San Francisco, and generated a strong shake and a short-lived tsunami warning that stretched from southern Oregon to San Francisco.
More than 150,000 people could have been exposed to earthquake shaking, between just north of Fort Bragg to Eureka, according to U.S. Geological Survey estimates.
The quake occurred at 10:44 a.m. local time near the sparsely populated northern coast of California, just offshore, and was felt across Humboldt County. By 12:30 p.m., less than two hours after the initial quake, the area had experienced 13 different aftershocks, ranging from 5.1 to 3.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. By 2:30 p.m., the USGS had reported at least 39 aftershocks of at least a 2.5 magnitude in the region, including Petrolia and Ferndale.
Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr. & Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY
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