Moderate earthquake strikes in rural US A MODERATE earthquake and a trio of smaller aftershocks have struck in rural Nevada near the California state line. The US Geological Survey says the 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit at 4:10pm on Tuesday. It was centred 72km west of Tonopah, or about 320km south of Reno. The Nevada Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno says three aftershocks followed of magnitudes 3.1, 3.3 and 3.7. The last came at 4:49pm 40km south of Mina. Ellen Hall-Patton, a student seismological analyst at the Reno lab, said all were centred near the same area. There were no damage reports.