LoCO Staff / Sunday, March 8, 2020 @ 7:59 p.m. / Recent Quakes
Earthquake! Here's What You Need to Know About the 2020 Daylight Savings Shaker
Quake by the numbers:
- Time: March 8, 2020, 7:59 p.m.
- Magnitude: 5.9
- Coords: 40.4016685°N, -125.2946701°W
- Depth: 1.39 miles
- More information at the USGS.
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UPDATE, 11:34 p.m.: And another one! The USGS tells us this one was a 5.0M earthquake centered 92 kilometers west of Petrolia.
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We felt that one! The USGS reports that a 5.6M earthquake struck at 7:59 p.m. approximately 86 kilometers west of Petrolia. The National Weather Service says there is no threat of tsunami. As you were! -AG
Reader Taylor Mullins sends the Outpost this photo of books knocked off the shelf in Scotia. Send us your photos and videos of the earthquake aftermath and we’ll add them to the story.
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