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Bobonit News Blog - Bob's news blog: "Thursday, March 08, 2007
The earth is shaking...Two Major pacific rim jolts

The earth is shaking...Two Major pacific rim jolts and a smaller 4.7 5 second jolt near Bridgeport in the Central Sierra's it was felt across the Central Valley into Modesto, Stockton, Tracy and even Fresno!

Looking at world earthquakes in the last day or so hundreds of moderate earthquakes around the pacific rim including Alaska, Indonesia, Japan, Russia and in California a whole bunch of Micro Quakes in the San Francisco Bay area and Mammoth Lakes / Long Valley area.

Central California/Sierra Earthquake
A light earthquake occurred at 7:17:32 PM (PST) on Thursday, March 8, 2007.
The magnitude 4.7 event occurred 22 km (14 miles) NNW of Bridgeport, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 10 km ( 6 miles).

Magnitude 4.7 - regional moment magnitude (Mw)
Time Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 7:17:32 PM (PST)
Friday, March 9, 2007 at 3:17:32 (UTC)
Distance from Bridgeport, CA - 22 km (14 miles) NNW (328 degrees)
Wichman, NV - 37 km (23 miles) WSW (246 degrees)
Bodie, CA - 39 km (24 miles) NW (308 degrees)
Hawthorne, NV - 66 km (41 miles) W (261 degrees)
Sacramento, CA - 184 km (114 miles) E (94 degrees)


Map of 4.7 Richter earthquake near Bridgeport California













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