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 04:38 PM PDT Thursday, Jun 07, 2001.
THE MAGNITUDE 3.6 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED  20 MILES WNW OF FERNDALE, CA
THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS   7.8 MILES.

This event has been reviewed by Jim Luetgert-USGS.

PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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Magnitude              : 3.61  ML
Event Date & Time      : 06/07/2001   04:38:13 PM PDT
06/07/2001   23:38:13    UTC
Location               : 40.6573 N, 124.6368 W
            : (40 deg. 39.44 min. N, 124 deg. 38.21 min. W)
Depth                  :   12.6 km. deep (   7.8 miles)
Location Quality       : Fair

33 km ( 20 miles) WNW (286 degrees) of Ferndale, CA
41 km ( 26 miles) W   (279 degrees) of Fortuna, CA
43 km ( 27 miles) WSW (248 degrees) of Eureka, CA
47 km ( 29 miles) NW  (321 degrees) of Petrolia, CA
47 km ( 29 miles) WNW (285 degrees) of Hydesville, CA

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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number of phases             :  64
rms misfit                   :   0.10 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.7  km
vertical location error      :   1.2  km
maximum azimuthal gap        : 234    degrees
distance to nearest station  :  53.   km
event ID:   51108618


EDIS-06-07-01 1645 PDT


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