Earthquake 4.1 M - Ridgecrest, Trona area

Three 4.0 or larger earthquakes and over a 185 smaller quakes in the last week, Multiple small quakes continue in the Trona, China Lake, Ridgecrest California area. This is the Ash Hill Fault area.

A light earthquake occurred at 8:53:08 AM (PST) on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
The magnitude 4.1 event occurred 23 km (14 miles) N of Trona, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 3 km ( 2 miles).

There has been a series of smaller quakes within the last hour.

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Magnitude	4.1 - local magnitude (ML)
Time	Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 8:53:08 AM (PST) Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 16:53:08 (UTC)
Distance from	Trona, CA - 23 km (14 miles) N (10 degrees) Searles Valley, CA - 24 km (15 miles) NNE (13 degrees) Telescope Peak, CA - 31 km (19 miles) SW (224 degrees) Ridgecrest, CA - 50 km (31 miles) NE (39 degrees) Las Vegas, NV - 191 km (118 miles) W (263 degrees)
Coordinates	35 deg. 58.3 min. N (35.971N), 117 deg. 19.5 min. W (117.325W)
Depth	2.6 km (1.6 miles)
Location Quality	Good
Location Quality Parameters	Nst= 36, Nph= 36, Dmin=10 km, Rmss=0.27 sec, Erho=0.4 km, Erzz=1 km, Gp=54 degrees
Event ID#	ci14407020
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The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are local (PST or PDT). Click on the word "MAP" to see a map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event's date to get additional text information.

Update time = Tue Dec 2 20:19:04 PST 2008

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

MAP 3.1  2008/12/02 08:58:09 35.971N 117.317W  1.5   23 km (14 mi) NNE of Trona, CA
MAP 4.0  2008/12/02 08:53:09 35.971N 117.322W  3.5   23 km (14 mi) N   of Trona, CA
MAP 3.7  2008/12/02 08:41:19 35.971N 117.322W  1.9   23 km (14 mi) N   of Trona, CA
MAP 3.4  2008/12/02 04:27:34 35.982N 117.304W  0.0   25 km (15 mi) NNE of Trona, CA
MAP 3.8  2008/12/02 03:23:43 35.980N 117.303W  0.9   24 km (15 mi) NNE of Trona, CA
MAP 3.0  2008/12/02 02:19:06 35.977N 117.304W  1.3   24 km (15 mi) NNE of Trona, CA
MAP 3.0  2008/12/01 12:26:05 36.691N 121.315W  3.7   11 km ( 7 mi) S   of Tres Pinos, CA
MAP 3.2  2008/12/01 11:41:31 38.818N 122.809W  3.7    2 km ( 1 mi) N   of The Geysers, CA
MAP 3.1  2008/11/30 14:38:11 35.976N 117.311W  2.7   24 km (15 mi) NNE of Trona, CA
MAP 3.0  2008/11/30 07:56:51 35.973N 117.310W  3.2   24 km (15 mi) NNE of Trona, CA
MAP 3.0  2008/11/30 05:11:16 35.968N 117.321W  2.0   23 km (14 mi) N   of Trona, CA
MAP 4.0  2008/11/30 05:03:07 35.971N 117.320W  3.5   23 km (14 mi) N   of Trona, CA
MAP 4.1  2008/11/29 13:14:09 35.970N 117.327W  3.2   23 km (14 mi) N   of Trona, CA
MAP 3.2  2008/11/29 05:01:06 36.880N 121.616W  6.6    2 km ( 1 mi) ESE of Aromas, CA
MAP 3.2  2008/11/29 04:59:27 36.880N 121.617W  6.4    2 km ( 1 mi) ESE of Aromas, CA
MAP 3.3  2008/11/29 03:04:50 35.742N 118.009W  2.6   20 km (12 mi) ENE of Onyx, CA