Earthquake “Never Happened” According To USGS
We received a rather odd notice from the U.S. Geological Survey this afternoon. Apparently, they are “recalling” notification of last week’s 4.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County. Below is the exact text that we received from the USGS.
To the best of our knowledge, we have never heard of an earthquake being “recalled”, similar to bad brakes on a Toyota. Combine this with this past weekend’s UFO sightings over Eureka, and our headlines are starting to more resemble something like a script from the X-Files than a small town news service.
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Subject: 2010-03-06 08:47:37 DELETED: (M 4.5) OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 40.3 -124.7 (2e67b)
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DELETED: Event CI 14597412
== EVENT DELETED NOTIFICATION ==
***This event has been deleted after review by a seismologist.***
Geographic coordinates: 40.320N, 124.733W
Magnitude: 4.5
Universal Time (UTC): 6 Mar 2010 08:47:37
Time near the Epicenter: 6 Mar 2010 00:47:37
Location with respect to nearby cities:
38 km (24 miles) W (269 degrees) of Petrolia, CA
49 km (30 miles) SW (234 degrees) of Ferndale, CA
57 km (35 miles) WSW (250 degrees) of Rio Dell, CA
71 km (44 miles) SW (223 degrees) of Eureka, CA
342 km (213 miles) NW (306 degrees) of Sacramento, CA
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This is an update to a previous notification for this event
