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Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Death Valley National Park

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A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon 32 miles from Searles Valley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:42 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles.

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According to the USGS, the epicenter was 42 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., 80 miles from California City and 84 miles from Porterville.

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In the past 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

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This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.

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