A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook up parts of California and Nevada on Thursday.
The epicenter was in Antelope Valley, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which is near the state’s border with Nevada, and sent boulders rolling down a cliff and onto a highway. Reno City Hall in Nevada was evacuated following the rumble.
Footage taken by drivers on I-395 near Coleville, California, close to the epicenter, showed a cloud of dust moving down a cliffside near the road. One video showed drivers negotiating boulders resting on the interstate.
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A driver can also be seen trying to move one of the rocks out of the road.
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Residents as far away as San Francisco, which is over 230 miles from Coleville, reported experiencing the tremors.
I filmed the earthquake just in case no one else felt it. Did you feel the earthquake? pic.twitter.com/D9IBKElzDB
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Anyone else feel that #earthquake in the Bay Area? I’m in the East Bay. pic.twitter.com/yMrLZpnpRX
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Reno City Hall was evacuated after the quake, said Mayor Hillary Schieve.
“It shook pretty good,” Schieve said, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
The Geological Survey estimated a 4% chance that one or more aftershocks larger than magnitude 6.0 could occur within the next week, but the number of possible aftershocks will drop off as time passes.
