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Fifth quake in week hits off California coast

Sun Jun 19,10:50 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5 earthquake struck off Northern California's coast on Sunday, the fifth moderate or strong tremor to hit the state in a week, the

"It was just another aftershock 125 miles off the coast. Nobody that I'm aware of felt it," John Minsch, a geophysicist at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, to Reuters.

The quake struck at 2:27 a.m. PDT (0927 GMT) and its epicenter was 282 miles northwest of San Francisco, the USGS said.

The strongest of the recent California quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and hit just north of Sunday's epicenter on Tuesday. It was followed by a quake of magnitude 6.6 on Thursday in the same area.

"Ordinarily, aftershocks get smaller in magnitude and decrease in frequency over time," Minsch said.

Tuesday's quake prompted a brief tsunami warning for the entire U.S. West Coast and part of Canada.

A patchwork of faults crisscrosses California, and the Southern California Earthquake Center recently estimated a major earthquake beneath Los Angeles, the state's largest city, could cause up to 18,000 deaths and $250 billion in damage.

Two other quakes in the past week had inland epicenters in Southern California.

On Thursday, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake shattered glass and jostled shelves in the immediate vicinity of its epicenter near Yucaipa, 79 miles east of Los Angeles.

A 5.2 quake shook the Anza area of Riverside County on June 12.

This quake off-shore was considered an aftershock of the 7.2 quake below. 

The smaller quake in Eureka was a 4.5

Another quake rumbles off California

Friday, June 17, 2005 Posted: 3:20 AM EDT (0720 GMT)

(CNN) -- For the second time in three days, a strong earthquake rumbled Thursday night off the coast of northern California, about 300 miles northwest of San Francisco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site.

The magnitude 6.4 quake struck at 11:21 p.m. (2:21 a.m. EDT) and was located roughly 125 miles west of Eureka, California, about 90 miles south of the California-Oregon state line.

No tsunami warning was issued.

A magnitude 7.2 quake rattled offshore about 80 miles to the north-northeast on Tuesday night.

Third earthquake in a week hits California
6.56AM, Fri Jun 17 2005

A moderate earthquake has hit the Southern California desert, just days after two other seismic events hit the US state.

The magnitude 5.3 earthquake was centered around Yucaipa, California, 79 miles east of Los Angeles, but state emergency officials said there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

It was the third significant seismic event in California this week and came two days after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of northern California briefly triggered tsunami warnings.

Four days later, a 5.2 quake shook the desert near Palm Springs in southern California.

Witnesses said building in downtown Los Angeles swayed during the quake, but there were no visible signs of damages.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department said: "We have had no reports of any injuries or loss of life in the greater Los Angeles area. The city is intact and operational. All is well."

The Alaska Tsunami Center said the quake was not big enough to generate a tsunami, but a 5.3 magnitude earthquake could cause considerable damage. 

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF
   VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
   THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK...

...AT THIS TIME THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY FOR
   OTHER AREAS OF ALASKA...

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
LOCATION -  41.3N  125.7W -  90 MILES NW OF EUREKA-CA.
                             300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO-CA.
TIME     - 1851 ADT 06/14/2005
            1951 PDT 06/14/2005
            0251 UTC 06/15/2005

A major earthquake occurred at 7:50:56 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, June 14, 2005.
The magnitude 7.4 event occurred 134 km (83 miles) W of Trinidad, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 40 km (25 miles).

Magnitude7.4 - moment magnitude (Mw)
TimeTuesday, June 14, 2005 at 7:50:56 PM (PDT)
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 2:50:56 (UTC)
Distance fromTrinidad, CA - 134 km (83 miles) W (281 degrees)
Crescent City, CA - 136 km (84 miles) WSW (248 degrees)
Westhaven-Moonstone, CA - 137 km (85 miles) WNW (282 degrees)
Bertsch-Oceanview, CA - 139 km (86 miles) WSW (249 degrees)
Sacramento, CA - 472 km (293 miles) NW (311 degrees)

Coordinates41 deg. 17.3 min. N (41.288N), 125 deg. 42.6 min. W (125.710W)
Depth40 km (24.9 miles)
Location QualityPoor
Location Quality ParametersNst=036, Nph=036, Dmin=160.5 km, Rmss=1.05 sec,
Erho=0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=198 degrees
Event ID#at00000363
map 3.1 2005/06/15 13:00:37 51.589 -177.390 60.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA 
map 2.7 2005/06/15 11:13:12 53.787 -164.184 1.0 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA 
MAP 5.9 2005/06/15 10:13:59 -4.602 153.119 76.2 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
map 2.5 2005/06/15 08:20:11 53.058 -169.312 1.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA 
MAP 5.0 2005/06/15 07:14:44 25.737 141.405 103.3 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION 
map 4.6 2005/06/15 07:14:12 40.905 -126.392 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
map 3.0 2005/06/15 06:28:11 37.381 -122.327 22.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
map 4.5 2005/06/15 06:27:06 40.823 -126.489 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
 map 3.5 2005/06/15 04:37:10 40.837 -125.825 23.5 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
 map 3.7 2005/06/15 04:17:17 40.974 -125.978 2.5 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
map 3.9 2005/06/15 02:57:01 38.848 -122.823 3.6 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
map 1.5 2005/06/14 22:23:35 33.508N 116.528W 14.6 14 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Anza, CA
 map 1.1 2005/06/14 21:43:52 37.618N 118.732W 2.5 8 km ( 5 mi) NW of Toms Place, CA 
MAP 3.5 2005/06/14 21:37:10 40.837N 125.825W 23.5 135 km (84 mi) WNW of Ferndale, CA
map 1.4 2005/06/14 21:25:19 36.583N 121.189W 7.6 7 km ( 4 mi) NW of Pinnacles, CA
 map 1.9 2005/06/14 21:19:08 38.803N 122.814W 2.9 1 km ( 1 mi) NW of The Geysers, CA 
MAP 3.7 2005/06/14 21:17:16 40.974N 125.978W 2.5 151 km (94 mi) WNW of Ferndale, CA 
map 2.4 2005/06/14 21:03:09 33.515N 116.517W 11.2 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Anza, CA 
MAP 3.9 2005/06/14 19:57:00 38.848N 122.823W 3.6 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 
MAP 7.0 2005/06/14 19:50:54 41.329N 125.863W 10.0 146 km (91 mi) WSW of Crescent City, CA map 1.6 2005/06/14 19:00:18 35.041N 117.676W 0.0 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Boron, CA 
map 1.7 2005/06/14 18:46:08 38.832N 122.799W 1.3 4 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 
map 1.7 2005/06/14 18:40:53 33.507N 116.507W 12.8 16 km (10 mi) ESE of Anza, CA 
map 1.8 2005/06/14 18:38:41 33.499N 116.522W 13.4 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Anza, CA 
map 1.6 2005/06/14 18:14:17 34.043N 116.726W 0.4 11 km ( 7 mi) SE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA 
map 1.3 2005/06/14 17:12:59 35.684N 117.562W 4.8 12 km ( 8 mi) NE of Ridgecrest, CA

IM from woman in the warning zone: 
9:12 p.m.

Sstoth0:  Dee,  our next door neighbor just left -- we decided to stay here for now.  He has lived here all his life and went thru the first one -- beer floating in the water.
Sstoth0:  you could hear people driving crazy and honking horns and squealing brakes.  now everything is quiet

“I’d be surprised if we see a ripple from this,” said Stuart Weinstein, geophysicist at the center.

However, Hawaii may see small sea level changes between 10 and 20 centimeters and strong or unusual currents lasting several hours, Weinstein said. These conditions could begin as early as 9:29 tonight on any shore of Hawaii.

The quake struck off the northern California coastal community of Crescent City, at 6:50 p.m. (4:50 p.m. Hawaii time). The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a regional tsunami warning for the West Coast, from the California-Mexico border north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but called it off about an hour after the quake hit.

Witnesses felt buildings shaking along the California coast but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Crescent City was the site of the only known tsunami to kill people in the continental United States. Eleven people died and 29 city blocks were washed away when a tsunami hit Crescent City in 1964.

Calif. Quake Prompts Brief Tsunami Warning

SAN FRANCISCO - A powerful earthquake roiled the waters off the northern California coast, triggering a brief tsunami warning and the evacuation of thousands of residents from a community with a history of battling killer waves.

The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday about 90 miles southwest of the coastal community of Crescent City and 300 miles northwest of San Francisco, according to the USGS  A tsunami warning was briefly in effect from the California-Mexico border north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but was called off about an hour after the quake hit. There were no reports of significant damages or injuries.

"It appears from the mechanism of the earthquake that this was a strike-slip event so the motion was horizontal, not the vertical displacement that typically leads to a tsunami," said Ved Lekic, a seismologist at the University of California Seismographic Station in Berkeley.

The tsunami siren system in Crescent City was activated at 8:14 p.m. and continued for about 40 minutes, Del Norte County Sheriff Dean Wilson said. About 4,000 people — mostly from Crescent City — were evacuated. Wilson reported some minor traffic accidents but no injuries.

Xiojin Yuan, the owner of the beachfront Hampton Inn and Suites in Crescent City, said police quickly told him to evacuate the guests at the 53-room hotel. He stayed alone at the hotel to make sure no one was left behind.

"My car was the only one in the parking lot," he said.

Crescent City was hit by the only known tsunami to cause deaths in the continental United States. Eleven people died and 29 city blocks were washed away there in 1964 by a tsunami spawned by a quake. Four people who were camping on a beach in Newport, Ore., also died in that tsunami.

Some of the evacuees Tuesday were tenants at the Surf Apartments, a senior housing complex that once was a hotel badly damaged by the 1964 tsunami. At least one resident, however, chose not to leave.

"I told them I'd stay with the ship," Jack Wheeldon, 77, told The Daily Triplicate of Crescent City in Wednesday's editions. "I stayed right in my room and watched my movie."

Witnesses felt buildings shaking along the northern California coast.

"It was just a rolling sensation," said Jim Andresen, a fire captain in Humboldt County who is stationed just outside Eureka. "I've felt worse in the past. It didn't seem like it was that bad, lasted probably 15 seconds."

The area hit is where the North American, Pacific Ocean and Juan de Fuca plates converge and has earthquakes of this magnitude about once a decade, said Lucy Jones, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey office in Pasadena.

"This is a relatively common event," Jones said. "It's what is called a triple junction where three plates come together."

The USGS reported many aftershocks in northern California in the hours after the initial quake but none were significant.

Even though this earthquake did not lead to a tsunami, Jones warned that one similar to the devastating tsunami that hit Asia last December could happen in California.

The latest quake was similar in strength to the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake of 1989 that killed 40 people and caused about $6 billion dollars in structural damage in the Bay Area.

"But unlike Loma Prieta, this was located off shore so the damages were not heavy," Lekic said.

June 14, 2005

Aftershocks in California Numbering In the Hundreds as Massive Energy Bursts Continue Hitting Earth and Sun; Giant 7.9 Earthquake Occurs in the Americas and Shakes Entire Globe

Russian scientists are reporting today that the massive space blast that occurred on June 12th causing a near simultaneous Solar Eruption and an earthquake in the United States California Region has been followed by an even larger blast causing a giant earthquake in the South American country of Chile, and as we can read as reported by the BBC News Service in their article titled “Chile rocked by major earthquake" and which says;

"At least eight people have been killed in a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake which struck northern Chile. Three people died as buildings collapsed and another five were killed when their vehicle was hit by a falling boulder, officials said. In the coastal town of Iquique, hundreds of people ran into the streets fearing collapses and even a tsunami."

Also following this massive space blast, and major earthquake, have been earthquakes in the areas of Turkey, Aleutian Islands, Japan, Brazil, Siberia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Vanuatu Islands, Jordon, Syria, Italy, Greece, Austria, Spain, Tonga Islands, Bolivia, Afghanistan, Australia and the United States New Madrid Fault Zone.

Reports from the United States are also showing that the aftershocks from their 5.2 California Region earthquake on June 12th are now in the hundreds, and as we can read as reported by the Desert Sun News Service in their article titled "Aftershocks detected in the hundreds" and which says, "For most people, the earthquake that rattled the Coachella Valley on Sunday morning was over seconds after it started. But for the people charged with watching seismic monitors posted near the quake's epicenter about 20 miles south of Palm Springs, aftershocks from the Sunday temblor are still rolling in by the hundreds. By Monday evening, sensors near Anza, the epicenter of the Sunday-morning quake, had registered 339 quakes, although they were mostly well below a magnitude that would be
felt on the surface."

Of particular note to Russian scientists was the occurrence of this major earthquake at the depth of 100km, and its significance as we can read as reported by the United States Earlham College’s researchers who have stated, "Earthquakes occur at many different depths along Chile’s subduction zone. The largest earthquakes occur at shallow depths due to the shearing of the Nazca plate along the South American plate. Other earthquakes occur in what is called the Wadati-Benioff zone. These earthquakes occur along the Nazca plate as it moves into the asthenosphere (the layer of the mantle 100-350 km below the earth’s surface). These deeper earthquakes occur due to both the pull of the deepest part of the plate on the higher portions as well as due to shear of the subducting plate with the mantle."

Not known to many Westerners is that this region in Chile has been the object of much scientific research due to a strange electrical anomaly discovered there, and as we can read from the German scientist Dr. Heinrich Brasse research paper titled "The mantle wedge in the Bolivian orocline in the view of deep electromagnetic soundings" and which says;

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has occurred at:
33.53N 116.57W  Depth  14km  Sun Jun 12 15:41:46 2005 UTC

5.5 earthquake rattles Southern California
Moderate shaker felt from Los Angeles to San Diego
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:22 p.m. ET June 12, 2005

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A moderate earthquake shook most of Southern California early Sunday, rattling nerves along with homes and businesses. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage, authorities said.

The magnitude-5.5 quake struck about 8:40 a.m. and was centered 20 miles south of Palm Springs, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Nadege Gelayen, assistant manager of Cafe des Beaux-Arts, a restaurant in nearby Palm Desert, said the quake lasted six to seven seconds and shook doors and plates.

"Nothing was broken. But it was pretty scary. It was a big one," Gelayen said.

Charlotte Callahan, who owns the Calla Lily Inn in Palm Springs, said the quake had a rolling sensation that startled some out-of-town guests.

"I walked outside and we did have some guests outside, talking about the quake," she said. "They said, 'I didn't know you had those here!"'

The quake was felt as far west as Los Angeles and as far south as San Diego, 75 miles southwest of Palm Springs.

A dispatcher with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said she received dozens of calls about the quake but hadn't received any word about injuries or damage. In Los Angeles County, there also were no reports of damage.

© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2004/nat093004.shtm

National Situation Update: Thursday, September 30, 2004
Earthquake Activity in Parkfield, California

The Parkfield, California area (approximately 135 miles southeast of San Jose) experienced a 5.0 trembler at 6:54 pm on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, following the 6.0 earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 1:15 p.m. EDT.

This earthquake occurred to southeast Parkfield, California and may not be directly related to the Parkfield earthquake and its resulting aftershocks. The State Office of Emergency Services indicates there are no reported damages or injuries.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA has occurred at:

35.39N 118.62W  Depth   1km  Wed Sep 29 22:54:53 2004 UTC

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA has occurred at:

35.95N 120.49W  Depth  10km  Wed Sep 29 17:12:06 2004 UTC

Third 5.0 quake hits Parkfield  -Up to 10 aftershocks of that magnitude possible.

By Denny Boyles
The Fresno Bee

(Updated Friday, October 1, 2004, 6:20 AM)
The ground near Parkfield continued to shake as a magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck Thursday, the third aftershock of that strength to rattle the area since Tuesday's magnitude-6.0 quake.

Hundreds of small aftershocks, many too small to be felt, have occurred in and around the tiny southeastern Monterey County community, and residents should expect more of the same, according to Doug Given, a U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist.

Strong Earthquake Strikes Central California
Magnitude 5.9 Quake Centered 9 Miles South of Parkfield; No Injuries Reported
PARKFIELD, Calif. (Sept. 28) - A strong earthquake struck Central California
on Tuesday, and it was felt from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was no immediate report of injuries.
The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT, had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9
and was centered 9 miles south of Parkfield. The area is 17 miles northeast
of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two people in December 2003.
An aftershock of 5.0 magnitude struck four minutes later.
Paso Robles police said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
''It rattled everything hanging on the walls and the chandelier was swinging.
It didn't do any damage to our house. There were two shakers, one right after
the other,'' said Ben Brown, who lives in Paso Robles.
The quake was felt along a 350-mile stretch, as far north as San Francisco
and as far south as Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles, the geological survey said.
Parkfield, located on the San Andreas fault, is known as the earthquake capital of California.
A magnitude 5 quake can cause considerable damage and a magnitude 6 quake
severe damage, though problems are generally far less severe in remote areas and
areas with strong building codes.
09/28/04 13:55 EDT

    MAG    DATE     UTC-TIME    LAT     LON    DEPTH    LOCATION
           y/m/d     h:m:s      deg     deg     km
   

map 2.8  2004/09/28 17:57:43  35.783 -120.329   9.2   15 km (  9 mi) NNE of Shandon, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:56:33  35.977 -120.495   8.8   10 km (  6 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.5  2004/09/28 17:56:11  35.873 -120.416   4.6    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.7  2004/09/28 17:55:02  35.861 -120.407   4.8    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.4  2004/09/28 17:54:32  35.986 -120.551   5.0   14 km (  9 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.3  2004/09/28 17:54:23  35.916 -120.476   4.9    4 km (  3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 1.5  2004/09/28 17:52:41  35.853 -120.400   4.8    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.3  2004/09/28 17:51:37  35.973 -120.525   7.4   12 km (  7 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:51:06  35.900 -120.508   5.2    7 km (  4 mi) W   of Parkfield, CA
map 2.2  2004/09/28 17:51:01  46.200 -122.188   1.3   39 km ( 24 mi) NNE of Amboy, WA
map 2.2  2004/09/28 17:50:22  36.051 -120.552   9.0   20 km ( 12 mi) NNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.1  2004/09/28 17:49:44  35.880 -120.430   5.5    2 km (  1 mi) S   of Parkfield, CA
map 2.7  2004/09/28 17:49:03  35.857 -120.403   5.2    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:48:57  35.870 -120.424   4.8    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.4  2004/09/28 17:48:27  35.859 -120.411   4.3    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.1  2004/09/28 17:47:55  35.895 -120.398  10.5    3 km (  2 mi) E   of Parkfield, CA
map 1.8  2004/09/28 17:46:40  35.941 -120.492  10.1    7 km (  4 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.7  2004/09/28 17:46:19  35.926 -120.482   3.6    5 km (  3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:45:35  35.877 -120.419   5.2    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.2  2004/09/28 17:45:17  35.860 -120.406   5.6    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.4  2004/09/28 17:44:43  35.928 -120.476   4.8    5 km (  3 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:44:06  35.860 -120.401   5.1    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.4  2004/09/28 17:43:40  35.867 -120.412   9.2    4 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:43:06  35.858 -120.401   5.1    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.2  2004/09/28 17:42:52  35.924 -120.471   5.6    4 km (  3 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.3  2004/09/28 17:42:24  35.873 -120.407   5.3    4 km (  2 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.9  2004/09/28 17:41:09  35.912 -120.457   6.4    3 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.0  2004/09/28 17:40:17  35.872 -120.419   5.2    3 km (  2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.6  2004/09/28 17:39:13  35.935 -120.487  10.1    6 km (  4 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:38:38  35.851 -120.369   0.0    8 km (  5 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:37:40  35.911 -120.461   5.5    3 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:37:16  35.818 -120.337   4.6   12 km (  8 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.6  2004/09/28 17:35:17  35.947 -120.489  10.2    7 km (  5 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.7  2004/09/28 17:33:55  35.817 -120.359   7.1   11 km (  7 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.7  2004/09/28 17:33:22  35.916 -120.474   4.9    4 km (  3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.6  2004/09/28 17:32:23  35.852 -120.392   5.1    6 km (  4 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:31:26  35.962 -120.484   7.5    8 km (  5 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.2  2004/09/28 17:29:41  35.829 -120.369   9.4   10 km (  6 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.3  2004/09/28 17:29:22  35.836 -120.380   9.0    8 km (  5 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.4  2004/09/28 17:29:15  35.852 -120.401   5.3    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:28:55  36.002 -120.555   5.0   16 km ( 10 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
map 2.5  2004/09/28 17:28:22  35.903 -120.446   5.7    1 km (  1 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
map 2.1  2004/09/28 17:27:30  35.862 -120.412   4.5    5 km (  3 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.3  2004/09/28 17:26:20  35.914 -120.472   5.8    4 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
MAP 4.7  2004/09/28 17:24:15  35.806 -120.349   6.7   13 km (  8 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 4.5  2004/09/28 17:23:49  35.855 -120.396   5.1    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 2.8  2004/09/28 17:22:55  35.994 -120.566   4.9   16 km ( 10 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
MAP 3.0  2004/09/28 17:22:22  35.910 -120.458   6.6    3 km (  2 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
MAP 4.1  2004/09/28 17:22:18  35.840 -120.388   5.6    8 km (  5 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 1.9  2004/09/28 17:22:02  35.853 -120.402   5.5    6 km (  4 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
MAP 5.0  2004/09/28 17:19:07  35.826 -120.453   2.5    8 km (  5 mi) SSW of Parkfield, CA
MAP 5.9  2004/09/28 17:15:24  35.815 -120.374   7.9   11 km (  7 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
map 

http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml

3/12/22 21:31:36 35.71N 121.07W 3.7     4.3      CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:41:46 35.52N 121.25W 23.9     4.4       OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:41:09 35.59N 120.89W 0.0    4.3     CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:06:14 35.69N 121.11W 6.5    4.1    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 20:01:32 35.54N 120.94W 0.0    4.0    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:53:30 35.58N 121.12W 5.0     4.6       OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:30:10 35.60N 120.98W 0.0    4.4    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:26:07 35.63N 121.02W 0.0    4.7    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

2003/12/22 19:15:56 35.71N 121.10W 7.6     6.5    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Sulfur Smell Easing After Earthquake

6.5 Magnitude Quake Hits Area

POSTED: 6:38 AM PST January 7, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- A sulfur smell coming from a mud spring opened by the 6.5 magnitude earthquake the shook Paso Robles, Calif., last month is getting better.

Workers have begun piping the mud from the spring into the city sewer causing the stink to subside.

The mud spring spews out about 500,000 gallons of 111-degree mud daily. City Manager Jim App says the city is conducting thermal monitoring at the site.

Costs for the project are expected to top $2 million.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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Minor Earthquake In Central California

A 3.9 earthquake struck eight miles northeast of San Simeon, California on January 6. The quake is consistent with aftershock predictions from the

December 22, 2003 earthquake. Federal assistance is not anticipated at this time. (FEMA Region XI)

Last Updated: Wednesday, 07-Jan-2004 09:36:17 EST

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Two Dead As Quake Hits Central Calif.

Dec 22, 5:00 PM (ET)

(AP) An earthquake rocked the remote central coast Monday, knocking out power in the area and sending...

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (AP) - A powerful earthquake rocked California from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Monday, collapsing downtown buildings in this coastal town, killing at least two people and knocking out power to tens of thousands, authorities said.

The quake struck at 11:16 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and said it was centered north of the small coastal town of Cambria.

It was felt as a sustained but gentle rolling motion in downtown Los Angeles, about 185 miles to the southeast. In San Francisco, about an equal distance to the north, the quake rocked the 20-story federal courthouse and sent its upper floors swaying for about 30 seconds.

The bodies of two people were pulled from the rubble of a building in downtown Paso Robles, said Terry Minshull of the Paso Robles Fire Department. He said the victims were people missing from a nearby store.

Firefighters searched debris along a block of collapsed buildings in the town of 25,000 about 20 miles east of the epicenter. Cars were crushed by the debris.

Several people were also reported hurt by falling barrels at a winery, San Luis Obispo County authorities said.

"Everything else seems to be little things, like medical aid and some gas leaking," said fire information spokesman Gilbert Portillo.

The main shock was immediately followed by at least five aftershocks of magnitude larger than 3.3. The biggest was estimated at 4.7.<