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4.2 Earthquakes Shakes Hawthorne

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4.2 Earthquakes Shakes Hawthorne

HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) -- Another series of small earthquakes shook Hawthorne on Friday, including one that registered a magnitude 4.2

Mineral County sheriff's dispatcher Samantha Corwin says the 12:45 p.m. temblor prompted no phone calls to the department and caused no damage. She says she felt "kind of a rocking motion ... like a swing."

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was followed over the next hour by six quakes between magnitudes of 1.2 and 1.7. Each was centered about eight to nine miles southwest of Hawthorne.

Scientists at the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno say there have been about 10 quakes of magnitude 4 and greater so far in the sequence of thousands of smaller temblors.

The laboratory is monitoring the activity 150 miles south of Reno.

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