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Preliminary location of earthquake swarm beginning Oct. 22, 2016

Detailed Description

Beginning the afternoon of October 22, 2015, a swarm of mostly small earthquakes occurred about 10 km (6 miles) NW of the towns of Crescent and Gilchrist, Oregon. Through the morning of October 23, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) located 29 events (maximum magnitude M 2.6), and a number of additional events are too small to locate.