Nevada highway damaged by largest area quake in 65 years

 


LAS VEGAS (AP) — The cracked main highway between Las Vegas and Reno reopened Friday, 10 hours after a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake that a researcher called the largest to strike the remote area of western Nevada in 65 years.

No injuries were reported, but officials said goods tumbled from market shelves, sidewalks heaved and storefront windows cracked shortly after 4 a.m. People from Salt Lake City to California's Central Valley tweeted that they felt shaking.

Lights swayed at the governor's mansion in Carson City, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak told reporters. "It woke me up, so it definitely...



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