A 5.7 earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City, causing some damage

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City on Monday

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City on Monday.

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The temblor hit just before 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 12.9 miles east of the town of Silver Springs at a depth of 3.1 miles.

Video shot in the town of Fallon showed shattered glass and food scattered on the floor in the aisles of a grocery store.