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

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 5:17:38 PM (PDT) on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
The magnitude 2.8 event occurred 15 km (9 miles) ENE of Coachella, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 2 km ( 1 mile).


Magnitude 2.8 - local magnitude (ML)
Time Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 5:17:38 PM (PDT)
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 0:17:38 (UTC)
Distance from Coachella, CA - 15 km (9 miles) ENE (62 degrees)
Indio, CA - 18 km (11 miles) E (82 degrees)
Mecca, CA - 19 km (12 miles) N (11 degrees)
Twentynine Palms, CA - 44 km (27 miles) S (175 degrees)
San Diego, CA - 149 km (93 miles) NE (44 degrees)
Coordinates 33 deg. 44.6 min. N (33.743N), 116 deg. 2.0 min. W (116.034W)
Depth 1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Location Quality Fair
Location Quality Parameters Nst=074, Nph=074, Dmin=17 km, Rmss=0.32 sec, Erho=0.3 km, Erzz=0.8 km, Gp=36 degrees
Event ID# ci14367028
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