The northeastern Nevada town Wells was rocked by a powerful earthquake Thursday at 6:16 a.m. according to The Associated Press. The 6.0 magnitude earthquake was felt from northern Idaho and Utah to Southern California. Despite people’s shock no serious injuries were registered.

However, there were great damages in Nevada. According to The AP about 20 to 25 buildings were seriously affected. Damages include: tumbled brick facades, broken windows and fallen signs. Moreover, a support beam fell on an unoccupied car destroying it.

Gov. Jim Gibbons said late Thursday, according to The Los Angeles Times, that "there are a number of buildings that look completely destroyed. Bricks and mortar and foundations are just about all that is left of them right now." Gibbons also said that most of the Nevada citizens were safe and that only three of them have minor injuries.

The Governor also believes that their town was blessed by Mother Nature, saying that if the earthquake stroke later, more terrible consequences it would have had. "The sidewalks might have had more people on them when these structures came down."

Tom Turk, a state spokesman at the scene said according to The AP that almost all the 700 residential structures had some damages. The historical district that has almost 1,600 residents experienced a similar natural disaster almost 150 years ago.

Elko County Commissioner Mike Nannini was in the middle of the 4-way Café & Casino in Wells when the earthquake started. County Commissioners declared a sate emergency in wells and closed the Nevada town for everyone except its residents according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.