From Deseret News archives:
Wells pulls together, shaking continues
And then it snowed. Then it shook, at least the building at Motel 6, again and again, just before 2:30 a.m. and shortly after 3 a.m., then another after that and another. Apparently there was a 3.2 magnitude temblor in the Wells area at 11:33 p.m., which some people obviously were able to sleep through.
The continued seismic activity punctuated over and over an emotional day when tensions were high as one aftershock after another kept people on edge while they tried to clean up from the 6.0 earthquake that happened just after 6 a.m. Thursday. At least four larger events after the initial quake registered 4.0, 3.7, 3.9 and 4.6 magnitude during the day.
The print edition of the Elko Daily Free Press in boxes by late Thursday said it all in bold letters on the front page, "Quake rocks Wells," with multiple articles and photos throughout the paper describing a place the Elko County Commission declared to be in a state of emergency.
The big question: earthquake insurance. Many here don't have it. And without it people living in Wells are for now relying on help from neighbors, church groups and agencies like the Red Cross for cleaning up, fixing fallen chimneys and cracked walls or foundations and replacing damaged or broken items.
Signs abound showing that the community is pulling together. Thursday night, for example, David Ashby's family was seen bringing spaghetti and homemade pies into the Wells Elementary School to help feed hundreds who had gathered there. During the big quake Ashby received a gash to his head while trying to reach his daughters in their bedroom, in a house that seemed like it was slowly exploding inside.
The U.S. Geological Survey's Web site states that the earthquake in Wells was the strongest since 1959 in northern Nevada, a state that ranks as one of the most seismically active in the country. USGS officials put the epicenter of Thursday's temblor at about 11 miles east/southeast of Wells. A USGS map shows the areas surrounding Wells, with brown squiggly lines drawn to indicate a fault zone, or the Independence Valley fault system.
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