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Magnitude 4.7 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA - ci14186612

2005 September 22 20:24:48 UTC

A light earthquake occurred at 20:24:48 (UTC) on Thursday, September 22, 2005. The magnitude 4.7 event has been located in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 11 km ( 7 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time
  • Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 20:24:48 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 1:24:48 PM
    = local time at epicenter
  • Location 35.044°N, 119.015°W
    Depth 11 km (6.8 miles)
    Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    Distances
  • 4 km (3 miles) WSW (242°) from Mettler, CA
  • 8 km (5 miles) NW (304°) from Wheeler Ridge, CA
  • 14 km (8 miles) NW (325°) from Grapevine, CA
  • 35 km (22 miles) S (177°) from Bakersfield, CA
  • 131 km (81 miles) NNW (328°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
  • Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.7 km (0.4 miles)
    Parameters Nph=122, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.4 sec, Gp= 18°,
    M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q
    Source
  • California Integrated Seismic Net
  • USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR
  • Event ID ci14186612


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