Earthquake Strikes the Wine Country: 4.3 Quake Strikes Near Yountville, Calif.

May 21, 2015

(LATimes) - A shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Thursday evening six miles from Yountville, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:53 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was nine miles from Napa, Calif., 14 miles from Sonoma, Calif., 16 miles from Vacaville, Calif. and 42 miles from Sacramento, Calif.

In the past 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.


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