== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
California Integrated Seismic Net
USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR

Version #O: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

A microearthquake occurred at 11:32:47 PM (PST) on Thursday, January 1, 2009.
The magnitude 0.9 event occurred 24 km (15 miles) NNE of Trona, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 7 km ( 4 miles).


Magnitude 0.9 - local magnitude (ML)
Time Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 11:32:47 PM (PST)
Friday, January 2, 2009 at 7:32:47 (UTC)
Distance from Trona, CA - 24 km (15 miles) NNE (16 degrees)
Searles Valley, CA - 25 km (16 miles) NNE (18 degrees)
Telescope Peak, CA - 28 km (18 miles) SW (222 degrees)
Ridgecrest, CA - 52 km (33 miles) NE (41 degrees)
Las Vegas, NV - 188 km (117 miles) W (263 degrees)
Coordinates 35 deg. 58.7 min. N (35.978N), 117 deg. 17.8 min. W (117.296W)
Depth 6.6 km (4.1 miles)
Location Quality Fair
Location Quality Parameters Nst=015, Nph=015, Dmin=10 km, Rmss=0.19 sec, Erho=0.5 km, Erzz=31.6 km, Gp=82.8 degrees
Event ID# ci10369037
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