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Minor quake shakes California's southwestern San Joaquin Valley
Wednesday February 19, 2003
TAFT, Calif. (AP) A minor earthquake struck Wednesday next to
the San Andreas Fault where it skirts the southwestern San Joaquin
Valley, but apparently caused no injuries or damage.
The estimated magnitude-3.4 quake hit at 9:10 a.m., 18 miles
south-southeast of Taft. The quake was not felt in Taft, police
dispatcher Laura Finney said.
The quake's epicenter was approximately two miles southwest of
the San Andreas, said Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the U.S.
Geological Survey's Pasadena office.
``We think it's just off the fault, and that makes it less
ominous,'' Jones said. ``The probabilities of it triggering
something on the San Andreas are low.''
Taft is 93 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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