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 6:00:23 PM (PDT) on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
The magnitude 2.0 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) NE of The Geysers, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 3 km ( 2 miles).
| Magnitude | 2.0 - duration magnitude (Md) |
|---|---|
| Time | Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 6:00:23 PM (PDT) Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:00:23 (UTC) |
| Distance from | The Geysers, CA - 2 km (1 miles) NE (34 degrees) Cobb, CA - 6 km (4 miles) WSW (250 degrees) Anderson Springs, CA - 10 km (6 miles) WNW (298 degrees) Santa Rosa, CA - 42 km (26 miles) N (350 degrees) Sacramento, CA - 118 km (74 miles) WNW (285 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 38 deg. 49.0 min. N (38.816N), 122 deg. 47.5 min. W (122.791W) |
| Depth | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Location Quality | Excellent |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst= 21, Nph= 21, Dmin=1 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Erho=0.2 km, Erzz=0.4 km, Gp=46.8 degrees |
| Event ID# | nc51202317 |
| Additional Information | 2-degree map Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) Waveforms |
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