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By Andrew Alden, About.com Guide to Geology since 1997

Quake in Parkfield Calif.

Tuesday September 28, 2004
An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Parkfield, California, this morning local time. The beauty of this event is that the region is heavily instrumented--in fact, the US Geological Survey has been hoping to "catch" a quake here for many years. Follow along on the USGS site.

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