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Nevada highway closed after largest area quake in 65 years

Nevada highway closed after largest area quake in 65 years

Nevada highway closed after largest area quake in 65 years

By KEN RITTER
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) The main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was closed Friday following a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake. A researcher called it the largest to strike in remote area of western Nevada in 65 years. No injuries were reported, but officials said goods tumbled from market shelves, sidewalks heaved and some storefront windows cracked shortly after 4 a.m. People from Salt Lake City to California’s Central Valley tweeted they felt the quake. The Nevada Highway Patrol said cracks closed U.S. 95 west of Tonopah and south of the tiny town of Mina.

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