Recent Earthquakes in California and
Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==California Integrated Seismic Net
USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR
Version #3: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This event has been reviewed by a
seismologist.
A light earthquake occurred at 5:56:38 PM (PST) on
Saturday, March 25, 2006.
The magnitude 4.6 event occurred 10 km (6 miles) SW
of Petrolia, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 22 km (14 miles).
| Magnitude | 4.6 - regional moment magnitude (Mw) |
|---|---|
| Time | Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 5:56:38 PM (PST) Sunday, March 26, 2006 at 1:56:38 (UTC) |
| Distance from | Petrolia, CA - 10 km (6 miles) SW (236
degrees) Rio Dell, CA - 35 km (22 miles) SW (224 degrees) Ferndale, CA - 36 km (22 miles) SSW (197 degrees) Eureka, CA - 61 km (38 miles) SSW (198 degrees) Sacramento, CA - 315 km (196 miles) NW (308 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 40 deg. 16.4 min. N (40.273N), 124 deg. 23.2 min. W (124.387W) |
| Depth | 21.9 km (13.6 miles) |
| Location Quality | Fair |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=190, Nph=190, Dmin=20 km, Rmss=0.09 sec, Erho=0.8 km, Erzz=0.4 km, Gp=219.6 degrees |
| Event ID# | nc51169417 |
| Additional Information | 2-degree
map Topo map centered at earthquake (This link takes you offsite). ShakeMap shaking intensity maps Did you feel it? Berkeley moment tensor solution NCSN First Motion Mechanism 1 NCSN First Motion Mechanism 2 Waveforms Waveforms for ShakeMap |
For more information, see http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
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