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

Version #2: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

A microearthquake occurred at 11:00:22 PM (PDT) on Sunday, August 9, 2009.
The magnitude 1.6 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) N of The Geysers, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 2 km ( 1 mile).


Magnitude 1.6 - duration magnitude (Md)
Time Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 11:00:22 PM (PDT)
Monday, August 10, 2009 at 6:00:22 (UTC)
Distance from The Geysers, CA - 2 km (1 miles) N (358 degrees)
Cobb, CA - 8 km (5 miles) WSW (256 degrees)
Anderson Springs, CA - 11 km (7 miles) WNW (296 degrees)
Santa Rosa, CA - 42 km (26 miles) NNW (348 degrees)
Sacramento, CA - 120 km (74 miles) WNW (285 degrees)
Coordinates 38 deg. 49.1 min. N (38.818N), 122 deg. 48.5 min. W (122.808W)
Depth 1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Location Quality Excellent
Location Quality Parameters Nst= 49, Nph= 49, Dmin=1 km, Rmss=0.09 sec, Erho=0.2 km, Erzz=0.3 km, Gp=32.4 degrees
Event ID# nc71262771
Additional Information map with fault names
Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.)
NCSN First Motion Mechanism 1
Waveforms

Did you feel it? || Shake Map North
For more information, see http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ || Contacts

Back to map

spacer