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Light earthquake 4.31 mag, 103 km W of Ferndale, California

Posted by admin on November 2, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.4156685S, -125.4696655WA light earthquake magnitude 4.31 (ml/mb) strikes 103 km W of Ferndale, California (64 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 2.17 km, -125.4696655° West, 40.4156685° North. The 4.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:33:59 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.17 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 02:33:59 / November 2, 2015 @ 2:33 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72547610. Id of event: nc72547610.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 103 km W of Ferndale, California.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.31 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.4696655° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.4156685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103km W of Ferndale, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-02 02:33:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-02 02:52:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 1.13 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 287 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 102 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8661 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 246 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc72547610 Id of event.
Event Code 72547610 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72547610, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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