A magnitude-5.5 earthquake Monday in Nevada rumbled through the Lake Tahoe region and parts of Northern California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The temblor struck at 3:08 p.m., 13 miles northeast of Yerington, according to the USGS. The incident was followed by at least 10 earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to 3.3, according to the federal agency.
The earthquake was initially recorded at a magnitude of 5.8 before it was downgraded by seismologists.
The quake’s epicenter is about 43 miles east from South Lake Tahoe.
Sacramento residents reported feeling waves from the earthquake from downtown Sacramento to the Pocket neighborhood.
Chris Micheli, a Sacramento lobbyist, said he swayed while sitting at his desk on the eighth floor of the Senator Hotel on L Street, just across from the California state Capitol.
“I haven’t felt one like that” in about 15 years, he said.
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