(Ml 4.0) 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              : 4.0  Ml (A light quake)
Event Date & Time      :  5/ 5/2005   07:29:09 PM PDT
                          5/ 6/2005   02:29:09    UTC
Coordinates            : 35.0288 N, 119.1788 W
                       : (35 deg.  1.73 min. N,  119 deg. 10.73 min. W)
Depth                  :    4.3 miles (   6.8 km)
Location Quality       : Good
 14 mi. ( 23 km) W   of Wheeler Ridge, CA
 26 mi. ( 42 km) SSW of Bakersfield, CA
 27 mi. ( 44 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                   :  0.46 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.5 km
vertical location error      :   2.2 km
maximum azimuthal gap        :    62 degrees
distance to nearest station  :  12.0 km
event ID                     : 10097009

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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