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Dozens of minor earthquakes shook Reno on Sunday, as a series of temblors entered its third month and prompted some frazzled residents to leave their homes. More than 150 aftershocks have been recorded on the western edge of northern Nevada’s largest city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest quake in a sequence that began Feb. 28. There were no reports of injuries or serious damage reports the Associated Press in the San Francisco Chronicle.

 

Scientists have urged residents to prepare for worse, saying the recent activity is unusual because the quakes started out small and continue to build in strength.

 

After being awakened as many as four times a night by quakes, retiree Sandra Petty decided to spend nights 10 miles away at the Sparks home of her daughter, Stefanie McCaffrey.

 

“The quakes have sent her emotions and nerves into a tailspin,” McCaffrey said Sunday. “She was exhausted, and she couldn’t relax or unwind. She just needed to get away so she could have a good night’s sleep.”

 

Keith Phillips said he’s going to live somewhere else, possibly with his children, until the activity settles down. He lives about a block from the epicenter of Friday night’s quake, which cracked walls in his house and pushed one of his garages off its foundation.

 

“I grew up in the Bay Area and went through some major quakes down there,” Phillips told the Reno Gazette-Journal. “Since we’re right on top of the epicenter, I’ve never felt anything like this.”

 

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