Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno
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 1:31:50 AM (PDT) on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
The magnitude 1.6 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) NE of Verdi-Mogul, NV.
The hypocentral depth is 0 km (0.0 miles).
| Magnitude | 1.6 - local magnitude (ML) |
|---|---|
| Time | Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:31:50 AM (PDT) Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 8:31:50 (UTC) |
| Distance from | Verdi-Mogul, NV - 2 km (1 miles) NE (45 degrees) Reno, NV - 10 km (6 miles) W (271 degrees) Sun Valley, NV - 16 km (10 miles) WSW (242 degrees) Cold Springs, NV - 17 km (10 miles) S (171 degrees) Sacramento, CA - 171 km (106 miles) NE (50 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 39 deg. 31.7 min. N (39.529N), 119 deg. 56.3 min. W (119.938W) |
| Depth | 0 km (0.0 miles) |
| Location Quality | unknown |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst= 27, Nph= 27, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Erho=0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=0 degrees |
| Event ID# | nn00244536 |
| Additional Information | 2-degree map Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) |
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