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M 4.6 earthquake — 14km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA

August 7, 1942 · USGS event ci3366044

Magnitude
4.62 (ml)
Depth
6 km
Location
14km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA
Coordinates
34.248, -116.370

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Other earthquakes in California around this time

M 4.5 · 18km S of Frazier Park, CASeptember 4, 1942M 4.9 · 20km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMay 23, 1942M 6.6 · The 1942 Fish Creek Mountains, California EarthquakeOctober 21, 1942M 4.6 · 11km SSW of Westmorland, CAOctober 21, 1942M 4.5 · 23km NNW of Ocotillo, CAOctober 21, 1942M 5.6 · 6km WNW of Niland, CAOctober 22, 1942

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (ANSS Comprehensive Catalog). Magnitudes and locations for older events are revised as methods improve. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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