6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near California-Nevada Border
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10:30 p.m.: A 4.5 magnitude aftershock hit the area of Walker in Mono County Thursday evening. The town sits near the epicenter of the magnitude 6.0 quake that rattled the central and northern California region just hours earlier.
The owner of the Walker Flea Market said the area was hit with around eight or nine aftershocks throughout the evening.
Just felt another aftershock in Walker, CA. Recorded as a 4.5m. @CBSSacramento
6:07 p.m.: The USGS said in a briefing Thursday that this now 6.0-magnitude quake was particularly uncommon for the area and poses a 6% chance that this is a foreshock of a larger quake.
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