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earthquake california

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck a remote area in western Nevada early on Friday, damaging a major highway and shaking homes as far as Utah and California.

There were no reports of widespread damage in the sparsely populated area. But sections of highway U.S. 95, which runs north-south, were closed in Esmeralda and Mineral Counties because of damage, the Department of Transportation said.

The quake was felt by some in Northern California and Salt Lake City, hundreds of miles from the epicenter. It struck about 35 miles outside the small town of Tonopah, which has a population of about 2,400, at about 4:30 a.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Andria Williams, 66, the manager of the Jim Butler Inn & Suites motel in Tonopah, was drinking her first cup of coffee of the day when she felt the earthquake. Her dogs went “nuts,” she said. Items fell off the kitchen counter. Hanging potted plants started swinging as the motion of the earth grew.