Earthquakes rattle Carson City area in Nevada Thursday morning

RENO, Nev. — Two bigger-than-usual earthquakes hit the Carson City area Thursday morning.

At 5:24 a.m., a magnitude 3.6 quake was reported about 4 miles south-southeast of Carson City. Six minutes later at 5:30 a.m., a magnitude 3.4 quake was reported at about the same spot.

The preliminary measurements were reported by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory  at the University of Nevada, Reno.

People in Carson City reported on Twitter that they felt the shakes — including Charles Moore, chief of Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District.

"My house is about 3 miles from the epicenter. Talk about a rude awakening," Moore posted right after one of the quakes.

Twitter user @SMITTY said "Wow-pretty good lil earthquake here in Carson City."

Northern Nevada is prone to small quakes, but most remain below magnitude 2.0.

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