Earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City causing some damage

Video shot in the town of Fallon showed shattered glass and food scattered on the floor in the aisles of a grocery store

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A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City on Monday.

The temblor hit just before 6.30pm, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It was centered 12.9 miles (21km) east of the town of Silver Springs at a depth of 3.1 miles (5km).