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.
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A microearthquake occurred at 5:33:09 PM (PDT) on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
The magnitude 2.4 event occurred 12 km (7 miles) SW of Tokop, NV.
The hypocentral depth is 16 km (10 miles).
| Magnitude | 2.4 - local magnitude (ML) |
|---|---|
| Time | Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 5:33:09 PM (PDT) Friday, May 9, 2008 at 0:33:09 (UTC) |
| Distance from | Tokop, NV - 12 km (7 miles) SW (214 degrees) Scottys Castle, CA - 20 km (13 miles) N (1 degrees) Sylvania, NV - 40 km (25 miles) ESE (121 degrees) Beatty, NV - 62 km (38 miles) NW (304 degrees) Las Vegas, NV - 220 km (137 miles) WNW (302 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 37 deg. 12.9 min. N (37.215N), 117 deg. 20.0 min. W (117.334W) |
| Depth | 16 km (9.9 miles) |
| Location Quality | unknown |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst= 8, Nph= 8, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Erho=0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=0 degrees |
| Event ID# | nn00244611 |
| Additional Information | 2-degree map Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) |
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