New Series of Earthquakes Hits Off Northern California Coast
Mitch Battros - Earth Changes Media
The largest of this recent batch was a 5.1 magnitude hitting off the northern California coast. No immediate reports of casualties, as reported by the USGS.
The epicenter of the tremor, which occurred at 2:26 am (0926 GMT), was located 30 kilometers (18 miles) west of the town of Petrolia, the US Geological Survey said. The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale, now used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and the total energy released.
- MAG 3.5 2008/10/26 16:07:48 41.175 -124.202 16.1 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
- MAG 2.6 2008/10/26 15:50:02 40.288 -124.625 15.6 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - MAG 2.7 2008/10/26 09:35:16 40.289 -124.695 20.3 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - MAG 5.1 2008/10/26 09:27:21 - MAG 4.6 2008/10/26 09:26:50 40.322 -124.637 18.5 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA newsletter@earthchangesmedia.com