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Running Springs hit by 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake

Posted on May 23, 2013 by ocsafetynews Posted in Earthquakes, News

M4.5 – SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	4.5
Date-Time	24 May 2013 05:54:03 UTC 23 May 2013 22:54:04 near epicenter 23 May 2013 21:54:03 standard time in your timezone
Location	34.216N 117.025W
Depth	99 km
Distances	7 km (4 mi) E of Running Springs, California 15 km (9 mi) ESE of Lake Arrowhead, California 17 km (10 mi) WSW of Big Bear City, California 19 km (11 mi) ENE of Highland, California 466 km (288 mi) WNW of Phoenix, Arizona
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 5.8 km; Vertical 13.5 km
Parameters	Nph = 14; Dmin = 11.3 km; Rmss = 0.18 seconds; Gp = 244° Version = 1
Event ID	ci 15348153

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