Magnitude 5.4 - Earthquake felt in Fillmore
By Anonymous — Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
From USGS: Location 33.417°N, 116.483°W Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles) Event ID ci10736069 -------------------- AFTERSHOCK PROBABILITY REPORT Version 1: This report supersedes any earlier probability reports about this event. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAINSHOCK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRONG AFTERSHOCKS (Magnitude 5 and larger) - EARTHQUAKES LARGER THAN THE MAINSHOCK - WEAK AFTERSHOCKS (Magnitude 3 to 5) - This probability report is based on the statistics of aftershocks typical for California. This is not an exact prediction, but only a rough guide to expected aftershock activity. This probability report may be revised as more information becomes available. Background Information About Aftershocks Aftershocks are most common immediately after the mainshock; their average number per day decreases rapidly as time passes. Aftershocks are most likely to be felt in the first few days after the mainshock, but may be felt weeks, months, or even years afterwards. In general, the larger the mainshock, the longer its aftershocks will be felt. Aftershocks tend to occur near the mainshock, but the exact geographic pattern of the aftershocks varies from earthquake to earthquake and is not predictable. The larger the mainshock, the larger the area of aftershocks. While there is no "hard" cutoff distance beyond which an earthquake is totally incapable of triggering an aftershock, the vast majority of aftershocks are located close to the mainshock. As a rule of thumb, a magnitude 6 mainshock may have aftershocks up to 10 to 20 miles away, while a magnitude 7 mainshock may have aftershocks as far as 30 to 50 miles away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions At 4:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time on July 7, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.9 occurred 60 miles/97 Km northeast of San Diego, California . The magnitude is such that a tsunami IS NOT EXPECTED. However, in coastal areas of intense shaking, locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides. This will be the only WCATWC message issued for this event. The location and magnitude are based on preliminary information. Further information will be issued by the United States Geological Survey or the appropriate regional seismic network. |