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CORRECTED - UPDATE 2-Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Nevada -USGS

Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:45am EST

(corrects time of quake to 6:16 a.m. from 7:16 a.m.)

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SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northeastern Nevada on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

There were no immediate reports of damage in the nearest large city, Salt Lake City, Utah, although some residents were shaken by the morning quake, local radio said.

The quake, centered 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Wells, Nevada, struck at 6:16 a.m. PST (1416 GMT), with a shallow epicenter of 6.27 miles (10km) deep.

Wells, a town of about 1,300 people, is 382 miles (614 km) north of the gambling center of Las Vegas and 150 miles (244 km) west of Salt Lake City. (Reporting by James Nelson in Salt Lake City; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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