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M 4.5 earthquake — 27km WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA

December 23, 1944 · USGS event ci3360996

Magnitude
4.55 (ml)
Depth
6 km
Location
27km WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
Coordinates
36.553, -117.440

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Other earthquakes in California around this time

M 4.7 · 72 km WSW of Crescent City, CaliforniaNovember 8, 1944M 4.9 · 13km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CAMarch 20, 1945M 4.9 · 12km ENE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CAApril 1, 1945M 4.6 · 0 km NNW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaMay 17, 1945M 6.3 · 191 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMay 19, 1945M 4.7 · 52km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CAJune 14, 1945

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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