A strong earthquake struck the northeast corner of Nevada on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, damaging buildings in a small town near the epicenter.
The USGS reported the quake was a magnitude 6 and occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles below the surface. The magnitude was lowered from 6.3 about an hour after the initial report.
The USGS also recorded eight aftershocks between magnitudes 4 and 3 in the hours after the first quake, which hit at 6:16 a.m. PT. 
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