THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS DOWNGRADED THIS QUAKE FROM 3.1 IN MAGNITUDE TO 3.0 IN MAGNITUDE.

 

 

THE GEYSERS – A 3.0-magnitude earthquake shook The Geysers area of southern Lake County Wednesday evening.

The temblor occurred at 5:06 p.m. at a depth of 1.1 miles, according to the US Geological Survey.

Its epicenter was located at The Geysers, five miles west southwest of Cobb and seven miles west northwest of Anderson Springs, the US Geological Survey reported.

One shake report was filed from San Rafael, according to the agency.

The previous week, on March 4, a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred at 9:47 a.m. at a depth of seven-tenths of a mile, the US Geological Survey reported.

That quake was located two miles west northwest of Cobb, four miles northeast of The Geysers and six miles northwest of Anderson Springs.

The US Geological Survey received seven shake reports from seven zip codes, including reports from Kelseyville and Middletown.

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