'OFFSHORE" (OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) (REPORT)

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Magnitude 6.5 - OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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2010 January 10 00:27:39 UTC

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Magnitude	6.5
Date-Time	Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 00:27:39 UTC Saturday, January 09, 2010 at 04:27:39 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	40.652°N, 124.692°W
Depth	29.3 km (18.2 miles)
Region	OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances	45 km (30 miles) W of Fortuna, California 50 km (30 miles) WSW of Eureka, California 130 km (80 miles) SSW of Crescent City, California 360 km (220 miles) NW of SACRAMENTO, California
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Parameters	Nph= 48, Dmin=36 km, Rmss=0.2 sec, Gp=220°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=C
Source	California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID	nc71338066