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A fresh blanket of snow covers some of the rubble at the El Rancho Hotel, Friday in Wells. About 20 to 25 buildings suffered heavy damage, Thursday, in the largely vacant historical district of Wells, where brick facades tumbled off several buildings, signs fell and windows broke.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons declared a state of emergency for the remote high-desert town of Wells on Friday, a day after it was rocked by what seismologists are calling the state's most destructive earthquake since 1954.<
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