The explosion of an atomic bomb at the Nevada Test Site on Jan. 27, 1951, marked the beginning of the atomic age in Nevada. Read about the site at our interactive.
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Four earthquakes have struck in about two hours time in a remote area of western Nevada. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.8-magnitude temblor struck around 9:26 a.m. Saturday about 14 miles east of the Mineral County city of Hawthorne and 167 miles east of Sacramento, Calif.