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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-nc71283451.3.20090921T190033.540Z</identifier>
<sender>http://www.cisn.org/ncmc.html</sender>
<sent>2009-09-21T19:00:33+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-nc71283451.1.20090919T235838.431Z/http://www.cisn.org/ncmc.html</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Unknown</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>CISN Northern California Management Center</senderName>
<headline>EQ 3.1 Ferndale, CA - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 3.1 occurred near Ferndale, CA at 23:56:24.10 UTC on Sep 19, 2009. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71283451.php</web>
<contact>http://www.cisn.org/ncmc.html</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2009-09-19T23:56:24+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=nc71283451</parameter>
<parameter>Version=3</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=3.1</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=27.5 km (17.1 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=0.9 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=0.6 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=14</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=10.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.07 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=230 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>12 miles (19 km) WSW of Ferndale, CA; 14 miles (23 km) NW of Petrolia, CA; 18 miles (28 km) WSW of Fortuna, CA; 26 miles (42 km) SW of Eureka, CA; 207 miles (334 km) NW of Sacramento, CA</areaDesc>
<circle>40.484,-124.452 0.0</circle>
</area>
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