== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Rapid Earthquake Location Service U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California Version 2: Updates lower and earlier versions of this earthquake report A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01:36 AM PDT Sunday, Sep 03, 2000. THE MAGNITUDE 5.2 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED 3 MILES WSW OF YOUNTVILLE, CA THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS 5.9 MILES. This event has been reviewed by Rick Lester - USGS. PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS _______________________________ Magnitude : 5.17 ML Event Date & Time : 09/03/2000 01:36:30 AM PDT 09/03/2000 08:36:30 UTC Location : 38.3770 N, 122.4137 W : (38 deg. 22.62 min. N, 122 deg. 24.82 min. W) Depth : 9.4 km. deep ( 5.9 miles) Location Quality : Good 5 km ( 3 miles) WSW (240 degrees) of Yountville, CA 10 km ( 6 miles) E ( 82 degrees) of Glen Ellen, CA 10 km ( 6 miles) NNE ( 22 degrees) of Sonoma, CA 14 km ( 9 miles) NW (309 degrees) of Napa, CA 15 km ( 9 miles) SSE (161 degrees) of Saint Helena, CA 27 km ( 17 miles) ESE (105 degrees) of Santa Rosa, CA ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS ________________________________ number of phases : 250 rms misfit : 0.18 seconds horizontal location error : 0.2 km vertical location error : 0.4 km maximum azimuthal gap : 51 degrees distance to nearest station : 3. km event ID: 51101203 ========================================================================== U.S. Geological Survey | Seismological Laboratory Seismology Section | 475 McCone Hall 345 Middlefield Road - MS 977 | U.C. Berkeley Menlo Park, CA 94025 | Berkeley, CA 94720-4760 Voice : 650-329-4085 | 510-642-3977 Earthquake Info : 650-329-4025 | 510-642-2160 Fax : 650-329-5163 | 510-643-5811 E-mail : ncsn@andreas.wr.usgs.gov | bdsn@seismo.berkeley.edu More Information about this event and other earthquakes is available on the Worldwide Web at http://quake.wr.usgs.gov