== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
                                U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
                            U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California
                  Version #2: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
                 This earthquake was reviewed by Hal Macbeth -USGS NCSN. (v02) 
            A moderate earthquake occurred at 10:00:29 PM (PDT) on Monday, May 13, 2002.
                  The magnitude 5.2 event occurred 5 km (3 miles) SW of Gilroy, CA.
                              The hypocentral depth is 8 km ( 5 miles). 

                Magnitude     5.2 - local magnitude (Ml) 
                     Time     Monday, May 13, 2002 at 10:00:29 PM (PDT)
                                   Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 5:00:29 (UTC) 
              Distance from      Gilroy, CA - 5 km (3 miles) SW (215 degrees)
                                            San Martin, CA - 13 km (8 miles) S (177 degrees)
                                            Watsonville, CA - 15 km (9 miles) ENE (65 degrees)
                                            Hollister, CA - 22 km (14 miles) NW (305 degrees)
               Coordinates       36 deg. 58.0 min. N (36.967N), 121 deg. 36.0 min. W (121.600W) 
                    Depth             7.6 km (4.7 miles) 
                   Quality             Good 
 Location Quality Parameters  Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.17 sec, Erho=0.1 km, Erzz=0.4 km,  Gp=28.8 degrees 
                 Event ID#      nc40133364 

This was pretty close to quite a few members of this board - I hope everyone is alright. News reports down here so far (on TV) say no damage/injury reports yet.

Canie

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