They're still picking up the pieces in Wells, Nevada this afternoon, after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the small town yesterday. Ashli Kimenker was in Wells yesterday and has an update today.

The biggest problem the town faces now is with structure damage - especially in their historical district. Building assessment teams are currently surveying the area, leaving residents guessing about their future.

February 21st, 2008 isn't a day most residents of Wells, Nevada will soon forget.

Kenneth Grandjean, Wells resident and business owner: "I didn't know from one second to the next if I was going to be alive or not. I mean, it was that bad. It was really really, it was scary."

A 6.0 earthquake shook the town, causing quite a mess.

Kenneth Grandjean, Wells resident and business owner: "There's broken glass everywhere. I don't know if I'm going back there tonight. I really, I'm physically and emotionally just stressed to the max. I don't want to go home and clean."

Kenneth Grandjean's home isn't the only mess waiting to be cleaned up... His business was also hit. Shelves were knocked over, pictures fell off the wall, and merchandise is all over the ground. But as for the building itself, there isn't much damage.

Kenneth Grandjean, Wells resident and business owner: "I'm very fortunate compared to some of these other businesses around here."

Officials are saying that of the 700 homes in town, all need some kind of assessment.

Tom Turk, Nevada Northern Region Forester: "We are expected for probably the next 24 plus hours for assessment of structures to be going on. All the cities and communities have offered up their building inspectors and foresters to assist us and help us with the assessment."

As damage assessment teams survey the area and the buildings in Wells, they find most people are left without a home. That's where the American Red Cross stepped in and set up a shelter for those families.

Sunny Johnson, American Red Cross Service Center Manager: "They're very distraught. It's been a horrible event for them. They're cold and their whole lives have changed. We will make sure they're fed and that they're warm and have a place to sleep and food to eat and then we'll start to see to their needs of the damage that's been done to their homes."

But the Historic District suffered the most damage of all. The buildings are almost 100 years old - many too damaged to be rebuilt. Some feel it should be made into a historical park.

Gene Kaplan, Wells Historic Society Director: "If we could get government ownership of these buildings and we have them that way, I would donate my five buildings on Front Street."

But for now, the assessment teams continue to work, leaving residents wondering.

Kenneth Grandjean, Wells resident and business owner: "I'm sure it hits everybody hard because this is the historic part of Wells and I don't know what they're going to do with this over here. I don't know if they can save it or if it's got to be bulldozed."

The damage in Wells is so severe, Elko County commissioners have declared a state of emergency.

We've also got word today that a geologist is on scene taking a look at the mountains surrounding the town because they fear the avalanche danger has increased due to the quake and 30 reported aftershocks.

As for now, the town of about 1,300 is closed to everyone but residents.