Earthquake: 5.0 quake strikes near Upper Lake in Northern California
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A shallow magnitude 5.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening 11 miles from Upper Lake, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:57 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 11.2 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 24 miles from Ukiah, Calif., 26 miles from Clearlake, Calif., 48 miles from Healdsburg, Calif., and 85 miles from Sacramento.
In the last 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.
Read more about Southern California earthquakes.
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