5.5 Earthquake in Northern California

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Magnitude 5.5 - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
2012 February 13 21:07:02 UTC

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This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
5.5
Date-Time
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 21:07:02 UTC
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 01:07:02 PM at epicenter
Location
41.153?N, 123.817?W
Depth
32.9 km (20.4 miles)
Region
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances
10 km (6 miles) WSW (247?) from Weitchpec, CA
28 km (17 miles) ENE (63?) from Westhaven-Moonstone, CA
29 km (18 miles) ENE (70?) from Trinidad, CA
50 km (31 miles) NE (36?) from Eureka, CA
352 km (218 miles) NW (326?) from Sacramento, CA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 62, Dmin=17 km, Rmss=0.17 sec, Gp= 72?,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5
Source
California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID
nc71734741

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2012/nc71734741/