TONOPAH, Nev. - A moderate earthquake and a trio of smaller aftershocks have struck in rural Nevada near the California state line.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday.
It was centred 45 miles (72 kilometres) west of Tonopah, or about 200 miles (320 kilometres) south of Reno.
The Nevada Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno says three aftershocks followed of magnitudes 3.1, 3.3 and 3.7. The last came at 4:49 p.m. 25 miles (40 kilometres) south of Mina.
Ellen Hall-Patton, a student seismological analyst at the Reno lab, said all were centred near the same area.
A Nye County sheriff's dispatcher said she felt the earthquake in Tonopah but there were no damage reports.
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