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Light earthquake, 4.6291 mag has occurred near Shelter Cove in California


Earthquake location 39.7198S, -125.9086WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6291 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 160 km WSW of Shelter Cove, California (99 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/20 / 2020-08-09 03:23:37 / August 9, 2020 @ 3:23 am. Unique identifier: ew1596943417. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1596943417. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -125.9086° West, 39.7198° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6291-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:23:37 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 160 km WSW of Shelter Cove, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6291 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.9086° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.7198° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 160 km WSW 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 03:23:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-09 03:24:07 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 330 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 8 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 ew1596943417 Id of event.
Event Code 1596943417 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1596943417, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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