Recent Earthquakes in California
                     == 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

This event has been reviewed by David Oppenheimer-USGS

A LIGHT EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06:06 PM PDT Tuesday, Aug 17, 1999.
THE MAGNITUDE 5.0 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED   0 MILES SSW OF BOLINAS, CA
THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS   4.3 MILES.

PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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Magnitude              : 4.98  ML
Event Date & Time      : 08/17/1999   06:06:18 PM PDT
                         08/18/1999   01:06:18    UTC
Location               : 37.9067 N, 122.6862 W
                       : (37 deg. 54.40 min. N, 122 deg. 41.17 min. W)
Depth                  :    6.9 km. deep (   4.3 miles)
Location Quality       : Good

  0 km (  0 miles) SSW (195 degrees) of Bolinas, CA
 12 km (  8 miles) SSW (197 degrees) of Woodacre, CA
 12 km (  8 miles) SW  (224 degrees) of Fairfax, CA
 13 km (  8 miles) W   (270 degrees) of Mill Valley, CA
 16 km ( 10 miles) WSW (242 degrees) of San Rafael, CA
 28 km ( 17 miles) WNW (302 degrees) of San Francisco City Hall, CA

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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number of phases             : 244
rms misfit                   :   0.09 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.2  km
vertical location error      :   0.7  km
maximum azimuthal gap        :  97    degrees
distance to nearest station  :   8.   km

In region 2 (041) MARIN
event ID:   40104152
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