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 11:45:57 AM (PDT) on
Sunday, June 26, 2005.
The magnitude 4.8 event occurred 7 km (5 miles) NNW of
Tahoe Vista, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 7 km ( 4 miles).
| Magnitude | 4.8 - regional moment magnitude (Mw) |
|---|---|
| Time | Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 11:45:57 AM (PDT) Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 18:45:57 (UTC) |
| Distance from | Tahoe Vista, CA - 7 km (5 miles) NNW (348
degrees) Kings Beach, CA - 9 km (5 miles) NNW (334 degrees) Truckee, CA - 12 km (8 miles) ESE (107 degrees) Reno, NV - 32 km (20 miles) SW (221 degrees) Sacramento, CA - 147 km (92 miles) NE (55 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 39 deg. 18.6 min. N (39.310N), 120 deg. 4.0 min. W (120.067W) |
| Depth | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Location Quality | Good |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=4 km, Rmss=0.07 sec, Erho=0.3 km, Erzz=1.1 km, Gp=100.8 degrees |
| Event ID# | nc51161673 |
| 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 Waveforms Waveforms for ShakeMap |
For more information, see http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
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