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 07:39 PM PDT Monday, May 14, 2001.
THE MAGNITUDE 3.9 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED   9 MILES NNW OF SAN SIMEON, CA
THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS   3.3 MILES.

This event has been reviewed by Fred Klein - USGS.

PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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Magnitude              : 3.91  ML
Event Date & Time      : 05/14/2001   07:39:51 PM PDT
05/15/2001   02:39:51    UTC
Location               : 35.7678 N, 121.2375 W
            : (35 deg. 46.07 min. N, 121 deg. 14.25 min. W)
Depth                  :    5.3 km. deep (   3.3 miles)
Location Quality       : Good

14 km (  9 miles) NNW (343 degrees) of San Simeon, CA
27 km ( 17 miles) NNW (328 degrees) of Cambria, CA
41 km ( 25 miles) SE  (133 degrees) of Lopez Point, CA
41 km ( 26 miles) SW  (227 degrees) of San Ardo, CA
48 km ( 30 miles) NW  (319 degrees) of Cayucos, CA
51 km ( 31 miles) SSW (192 degrees) of King City, CA
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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number of phases             : 167
rms misfit                   :   0.06 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.2  km
vertical location error      :   0.5  km
maximum azimuthal gap        : 168    degrees
distance to nearest station  :  12.   km
event ID:   40122916


EDIS-05-14-01 1952 PDT


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