PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT
Rapid Earthquake Location Service
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Version 2: Updates lower and earlier versions of this earthquake report

A MINOR EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 11:59 AM PDT Saturday, May 26, 2001.
THE MAGNITUDE 3.9 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED  20 MILES E   OF LEE VINING, CA
THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS   8.6 MILES.

This event has been reviewed by Steve Walter - USGS.

PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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Magnitude              : 3.93  ML
Event Date & Time      : 05/26/2001   11:59:03 AM PDT
05/26/2001   18:59:03    UTC
Location               : 37.9855 N, 118.7600 W
            : (37 deg. 59.13 min. N, 118 deg. 45.60 min. W)
Depth                  :   13.8 km. deep (   8.6 miles)
Location Quality       : Good

32 km ( 20 miles) E   ( 84 degrees) of Lee Vining, CA
33 km ( 21 miles) SE  (139 degrees) of Bodie, CA
41 km ( 26 miles) SSW (210 degrees) of Qualeys Camp, NV
42 km ( 26 miles) NNE ( 26 degrees) of Mammoth Lakes, CA
48 km ( 30 miles) N   (352 degrees) of Toms Place, CA

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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number of phases             : 110
rms misfit                   :   0.08 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.2  km
vertical location error      :   1.1  km
maximum azimuthal gap        : 110    degrees
distance to nearest station  :  33.   km
event ID:   51108285


EDIS-05-26-01 1224 PDT


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