Tehachapi Quake Updated

The earthquake that occurred 18 miles North of Tehachapi, California on September 24th has been upgraded from a magnitude of 3.5 to 3.6.

This is not a significant change. The adjustment came after several standard reviews. Many adjustments to magnitude, depth, location and time of occurrence, are made to all earthquakes. Reviews and adjustments can go on for days, weeks and sometimes months, depending on the size of the quake.

This earthquakes depth was also adjusted from 6.3km to 6.0km.

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