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USGS nc72737985

14 Dec 2016, 16:41

10 km W of Cobb, California

A magnitude 5 mw earthquake at 1.5 km depth.

Depth1.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km W of Cobb, California?

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38.822167, -122.841333

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
nc72737985
Coordinates
38.8221667, -122.8413333
Network
nc
Significance
976