suburb of Chatsworth, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was extremely shallow, at only 3 miles deep.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 struck the Watsonville area monday afternoon. The quake struck at 12:58 PM and was felt throughout the region and up into the San Francisco bay area.
Residents in Watsonville were shaken by a series of small quakes late this afternoon. The three quakes, measuring 3.0, 3.2 and 3.0, all occurred within 15 minutes of each other.
Bougainville, PNG or about 825 km (520 miles) E of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea at 8:52 PM MDT, Jun 27, 2007 (Jun 28 at 12:52 PM local time in Papua New Guinea). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. There have been no reports of damage.
If you think that earthquakes never happen in this area, you may be interested in this map which shows all earthquakes in the area (since 1970) with a magnitude of 2.5 or greater.
Here is the map showing the specific location of this quake
The map here shows the area affected by this series of earthquakes.
A closer view of the quake area.
of 4.2 struck the lower Southern California Desert Friday Night. The quake was widely felt from the deserts to the coast, and even reports that it was felt as far away as Phoenix Arizona, some 250 miles away. Nearly 2,000 felt reports were filed within the first hour of the quake.
Oregon. A tsunami was generated with maximum wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 1.1 meters at Crescent City and 0.2 meters at Point Arena, California, and 0.1 meters on Hawaii.
"At least six people died in the Solomon Islands Monday after two earthquakes and a tsunami hit the western part of the island-chain nation, the country's chief spokesman said.....The United States Geological Survey said the first earthquake took place at 6:40 a.m. (2040 GMT on Sunday) and was centered 25 miles south-southeast of Gizo, New Georgia Islands, and 1,330 miles north-northeast of Brisbane, Australia.A second quake of 6.7 magnitude hit a few minutes later, according to the USGS. It was centered 75 miles west-southwest of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands, and 1,410 miles north of Brisbane, Australia.
The quakes led to a tsunami warning for a huge part of the Pacific. Australia and Indonesia were among the areas named in a warning from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, as were Papua New Guinea and several other islands in the region.A watch was issued for some other parts of the Pacific, including New Zealand, the Philippines, American Samoa, Guam and Fiji.
Initially, Hawaii was put under an advisory, but not a watch or warning. By evening, the advisory was lifted. The Solomon Islands are popular with international tourists. Most homes in the mountainous islands are constructed of timber and bamboo, with villagers relying on fishing and logging for employment."
