5.4 Quake in Southern California--predicted

Astroquake Zone has done it!!  Back in the March postings, Astroquake Zone was forecasting a 4.0+ quake in California on July 7, 2010 when the Transiting Moon reached 26 Taurus conjunct with fixed star Algol.  The actual quake occurred on July 7, 2010 at 4:53 pm when the Transiting Moon was at 25 Taurus.  Astroquake Zone not only forecast this event in March 2010 but came within one hour and 1 degree of exact timing!

Earthquake Details


This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 5.4

Date-Time Wednesday, July 07, 2010 at 23:53:33 UTC

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 at 04:53:33 PM at epicenter



Location 33.420°N, 116.489°W

Depth 14 km (8.7 miles)

Region SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Distances 20 km (15 miles) NNW of Borrego Springs, California

40 km (25 miles) SW of Indio, California

45 km (30 miles) S of Palm Springs, California

730 km (455 miles) SE of SACRAMENTO, California



Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles)

Parameters Nph=144, Dmin=10 km, Rmss=0.27 sec, Gp= 18°,

M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source California Integrated Seismic Net:

USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR



Event ID ci10736069