(Ml 5.1) CALTECH/USGS EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE

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                     == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

                    California Integrated Seismic Network
                           http://www.cisn.org
                      USGS/Caltech/CGS/UCB/UCSD/UNR

Version 1: This report supersedes any earlier reports about this event.

This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a
seismologist.

PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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Magnitude              : 5.1  Ml (A moderate quake)
Event Date & Time      :  4/16/2005   12:18:12 PM PDT
                          4/16/2005   19:18:12    UTC
Coordinates            : 35.0212 N, 119.1737 W
                       : (35 deg.  1.27 min. N,  119 deg. 10.42 min. W)
Depth                  :    0.3 miles (   0.4 km)
Location Quality       : Excellent
 14 mi. ( 22 km) W   of Wheeler Ridge, CA
 26 mi. ( 42 km) SSW of Bakersfield, CA
 27 mi. ( 43 km) WNW of GORMAN (quarry)

More Information about this event and other earthquakes is available at
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latestfault.htm

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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rms misfit                   :  0.50 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.5 km
vertical location error      :   1.4 km
maximum azimuthal gap        :    31 degrees
distance to nearest station  :  11.0 km
event ID                     : 14138080

SOURCE OF INFORMATION/CONTACTS
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CISN Southern California Management Center

         Caltech Seismological Laboratory
         U.S. Geological Survey

         http://www.cisn.org/scmc.html

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