== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
Version #9: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. A strong earthquake occurred at 6:16:05 AM (PST) on Thursday, February 21, 2008.
The magnitude 6.0 event occurred 18 km (11 miles) ESE of Wells, NV.
The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 6 miles).
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Magnitude</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>6.0 - moment magnitude (Mw)</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Time</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 6:16:05 AM (PST)
Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 14:16:05 (UTC) </TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Distance from</TD><TD width=5>
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Wells, NV - 18 km (11 miles) ESE (102 degrees)
Spruce, NV - 32 km (20 miles) NNW (346 degrees)
Wilkins, NV - 39 km (24 miles) S (180 degrees)
West Wendover, NV - 68 km (43 miles) NW (304 degrees)
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Coordinates</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>41 deg. 4.6 min. N (41.077N), 114 deg. 45.1 min. W (114.752W) </TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Depth</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>9 km (5.6 miles)</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Quality</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>Poor</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Location Quality Parameters</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>Nst=176, Nph=176, Dmin=55.1 km, Rmss=1.44 sec, Erho=3.3 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=18 degrees </TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Event ID#</TD><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=body width=330>us2008nsa9</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=195>
Additional Information</TD><TD width=5>
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ShakeMap shaking intensity maps (Global server)
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Berkeley moment tensor solution
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For more information, see
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/