- Elizabeth Larson
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4.2-magnitude quake reported in south Lake County late Wednesday
The survey reported that the 4.2-magnitude quake occurred at 9:5 p.m. Wednesday.
Its epicenter was just inside the Lake County line, about a mile northeast of The Geysers geothermal steamfield and 13 miles south southwest of Clearlake, at a depth of a tenth of a mile, the US Geological Survey reported.
Survey records showed that it was followed about 40 minutes later by a 2.5-magnitude quake a short distance away.
By 11 p.m., the survey had received more than 330 shake reports from 63 zip codes regarding the 4.2-magnitude quake from around Lake County, the North Bay and Bay Area. Reports came in from as far away as Soquel.
Local residents called it a “good shaker” and “intense.”
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