Hi All,

I see Orinda, CA, which sits just behind the Berkeley hills has had 5 minor earthquakes today. This is very unusual and once again we are treated to a series of quakes instead of the normal of one or sometimes two in the same place.

Orinda sits near the edge of a reservoir, but other than that its like most places in the Bay Area, infrequent to earthquakes, but highly infrequent to quake clusters, swarms, or series groups.

MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km

1.5 2003/03/24 19:31:09 37.901N 122.216W 8.0 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Orinda, CA
1.4 2003/03/24 17:31:26 38.810N 122.740W 2.6 6 km ( 4 mi) ENE of The Geysers, CA
3.3 2003/03/24 17:28:17 38.785N 122.770W 3.7 4 km ( 2 mi) ESE of The Geysers, CA
1.9 2003/03/24 16:38:26 38.816N 122.809W 4.2 2 km ( 1 mi) N of The Geysers, CA
1.5 2003/03/24 16:00:25 37.903N 122.213W 8.4 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Orinda, CA
2.5 2003/03/24 15:56:54 37.902N 122.217W 8.7 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Orinda, CA
1.5 2003/03/24 13:59:47 37.873N 121.749W 6.2 8 km ( 5 mi) SW of Brentwood, CA
2.0 2003/03/24 12:50:26 37.900N 122.217W 8.4 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Orinda, CA
1.3 2003/03/24 09:13:44 38.857N 122.797W 0.6 7 km ( 4 mi) N of The Geysers, CA
1.5 2003/03/24 08:58:09 37.613N 121.600W 9.1 17 km (10 mi) ESE of Livermore, CA
1.5 2003/03/24 05:27:07 37.899N 122.217W 7.7 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Orinda, CA