Las Vegas-Reno highway damaged, closed after 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Nevada

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No injuries were reported and crews were working to reopen the highway, Trooper Hannah DeGoey said

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was damaged and closed early Friday following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in a remote area of Nevada.

The U.S. Geological Service reported the the temblor struck at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles west of Tonopah and just east of the Sierra Nevada range. The quake was upgraded after being initially reported at 6.4-magnitude. There were no immediate reports of injury, but part of U.S. 95 was closed as state troopers and sheriff’s deputies from Esmeralda and Mineral counties checked that highway and State Route 360 for possible damage, the Mineral County sheriff’s office said.

The quake occurred in a remote area of the state between Reno and Las Vegas, and people from Salt Lake City, Utah, to California’s Central Valley tweeted that they felt it.

 

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