Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Nevada along with several aftershocks, USGS says; felt in Bay Area

The earthquake struck Silver Springs, Nevada

SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. (KGO) -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Silver Springs, Nevada, connected Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake was reported astatine 6:29 p.m. successful the Carson City country and had a extent of astir 6 miles, according to the agency.

It was downgraded to 5.5., past USGS reclassified the quake arsenic 5.7 conscionable earlier 9:30 p.m.

There are reports of the earthquake felt successful Lake Tahoe and adjacent the San Francisco Bay Area.

There person been much than 2 twelve aftershocks, per USGS.

USGS said the epicenter was astir 11 miles southeast of Silver Springs, Nevada, successful Lyon County. Silver Springs is simply a small implicit 60 miles southeast of Reno.

There person been nary contiguous reports of damage.

ABC News contributed to this study

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