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Light earthquake, 4.2186 mag strikes near Shelter Cove in California

Posted by admin on August 9, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.8644S, -125.8612WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2186 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 153 km W of Shelter Cove, California (95 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The 4.2186-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:00:19 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ew1596931219. Unique identifier: ew1596931219. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.8612 West, latitude 39.8644 North, depth = 8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/20 / 2020-08-09 00:00:19 / August 9, 2020 @ 12:00 am UTC/GMT.

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 153 km W of Shelter Cove, California.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2186 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.8612° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.8644° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 km W of Shelter Cove, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-09 00:00:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-09 00:01:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic 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 274 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ew The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 ew1596931219 Id of event.
Event Code 1596931219 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1596931219, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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