Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==California Integrated Seismic Net
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Version #1: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.
A microearthquake occurred at 6:19:31 PM (PST) on Wednesday, January 7, 2009.
The magnitude 1.5 event occurred 8 km (5 miles) WSW of Round Valley, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 11 km ( 7 miles).
| Magnitude | 1.5 - duration magnitude (Md) |
|---|---|
| Time | Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 6:19:31 PM (PST) Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 2:19:31 (UTC) |
| Distance from | Round Valley, CA - 8 km (5 miles) WSW (256 degrees) Toms Place, CA - 18 km (11 miles) S (181 degrees) West Bishop, CA - 21 km (13 miles) W (281 degrees) Bishop, CA - 26 km (16 miles) W (278 degrees) Sacramento, CA - 276 km (171 miles) ESE (117 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 37 deg. 23.8 min. N (37.397N), 118 deg. 41.1 min. W (118.684W) |
| Depth | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) |
| Location Quality | Fair |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst= 25, Nph= 25, Dmin=12 km, Rmss=0.03 sec, Erho=0.6 km, Erzz=2.4 km, Gp=187.2 degrees |
| Event ID# | nc51214850 |
| Additional Information | 2-degree map Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) Waveforms |
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