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Mainshock:
- July 6, 2019 03:19:52 UTC, M7.1 Central California (USGS Executive summary page)
Foreshock:
- July 4, 2019 17:33:49 UTC, M6.4 Central California (USGS Executive summary page)
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Quick Links
IRIS Earthquake Browser ¶
[IRIS Earthquake Browser] Click on image 
to browse a map of events that occurred in the same region.
Mainshock Figures ¶
[USGS Interactive Map] Mainshock, USGS ShakeMap
[Douglas Dreger, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory] Map showing the 
location of the event with the Caltech moment tensor solution, and the 8
SCSN strong motion stations used in the finite-source inversion. Click on
image for the full PDF report.
[IRIS Surface-Wave Radiation Patterns Data Product] Surface-Wave Radiation [GEOSCOPE Observatory] Mainshock, Automatic 
Patterns for the mainshock at individual selected Frequencies. Click on image
to visit the product page.
determination of source parameters using the SCARDEC method
[Zach Ross] Ridgecrest sequence as of 8:48 AM – 6 Jul 2019. Click on 
image for image source.
Foreshock Figures ¶
[USGS Interactive Map] Foreshock, USGS ShakeMap [GEOSCOPE Observatory] Foreshock, Automatic [IRIS Surface-Wave Radiation Patterns Data Product] Surface-Wave Radiation 
determination of source parameters using the SCARDEC method
Patterns for the foreshock at individual selected Frequencies. Click on image
to visit the product page.
Videos & Animations ¶
[John Taber, IRIS Education and Public Outreach ] An animation of the ongoing
earthquake sequence in Central California between 7/4-to 7/6 17:00 UTC,
using USGS earthquake locations. Click on image to play the animation.
Animation was made using the IRIS Interactive
Earthquake Browser.
Links ¶
- USGS Mainshock Executive summary page
- USGS Mainshock KML
- USGS Foreshock Executive summary page
- USGS Foreshock KML
- USGS, @USGS
- USGS Big Quakes, @USGSBigQuakes
- IRIS Earthquake Science, @IRIS_EPO
- Anthony Lomax, @ALomaxNet
- Jascha Polet, @CPPGeophysics
- Stephen Hicks, @seismo_steve
- Susan Hough, @SeismoSue
SAGE Facility Event Page
The SAGE Facility event page for this event contains links to additional tools and data.
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