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Quakes hit northern Arizona

Source info:

Author: Lee Allison
Date: 2015-09-28 22:03:00
Blog: Arizona Geology
URL: http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2015/09/quakes-hit-northern-arizona.html

Summary:

 A magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit northern Arizona about mid-way between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon village on Saturday, Sept. 26 at about 4:14 pm, local time. [Right, orange star marks quake epicenter. Credit, USGS] Later that evening, at 9:23 pm, a magnitude 2.9 event occurred about 7 miles SSW of Kachina Village. This could be another aftershock to last November's M=4.8 earthquake between

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
FlagstaffUS35.1982-111.651
Grand Canyon VillageUS36.0492-112.157
Kachina VillageUS35.0949-111.693
Northern ArizonaUS35.2446-111.541

Keywords:

aftershock, Credit, evening, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon village, Kachina Village, local time, M=4.8 earthquake, magnitude, mid-way, miles SSW, northern Arizona, orange star marks, pm, quake epicenter, Quakes, Saturday, Sept.

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