Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
                     == 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 MODERATE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 11:49 AM PST Thursday, Nov 26, 1998.
THE MAGNITUDE 5.2 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED   3 MILES NNW OF REDDING, CA
THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS  16.1 MILES.

PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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Magnitude              : 5.18  ML
Event Date & Time      : 11/26/1998   11:49:53 AM PST
                         11/26/1998   19:49:53    UTC
Location               : 40.6305 N, 122.4178 W
                       : (40 deg. 37.83 min. N, 122 deg. 25.07 min. W)
Depth                  :   26.0 km. deep (  16.1 miles)
Location Quality       : Excellent

  5 km (  3 miles) NNW (334 degrees) of Redding, CA
 23 km ( 14 miles) NNW (333 degrees) of Anderson, CA
 30 km ( 18 miles) NNW (337 degrees) of Cottonwood, CA
 34 km ( 21 miles) ESE (105 degrees) of Lewiston, CA
 46 km ( 28 miles) ESE (104 degrees) of Weaverville, CA

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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number of phases             : 157
rms misfit                   :   0.14 seconds
horizontal location error    :   0.4  km
vertical location error      :   0.8  km
maximum azimuthal gap        :  84    degrees
distance to nearest station  :   9.   km

In region 2 (056) SHASTA
event ID:   40082847
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