Shallow quake of magnitude 5.8 hits Nevada – USGS

  28 December 2016    Read: 1008
Shallow quake of magnitude 5.8 hits Nevada – USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck 29km west south west of Hawthorne, Nevada, in the United States on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake’s depth was about 19km, according to the USGS website, which also reported an aftershock of magnitude 5.7. (Reuters)

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