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Light earthquake, 4.83 mag has occurred near Eureka in California

Posted by admin on December 29, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.0598335S, -125.3486633WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 103 km WNW of Eureka, California (64 miles). Exact location, longitude -125.3486633° West, latitude 41.0598335° North, depth = 2.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.51 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:35:26 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Eureka in California (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: nc72571010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72571010, at00o03on5. Global time and date of event 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 03:35:26 / December 29, 2015 @ 3:35 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 103 km WNW of Eureka, California.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.3486633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.0598335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103km WNW of Eureka, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-29 03:35:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-29 04:04:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 39 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 1.92 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 1 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 371 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,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 150 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.028 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 236 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 nc72571010 Id of event.
Event Code 72571010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72571010,at00o03on5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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