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Light earthquake, 4.32 mag was detected near Bodfish in CA

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Earthquake location 35.493S, -118.513WA light earthquake magnitude 4.32 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Bodfish in CA on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 19:19:18 / April 18, 2024 @ 7:19 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -118.513 West, latitude 35.493 North, depth = 3.22 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1713467960, ci40549375, us7000mczm. Unique identifier: ci40549375. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.22 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:19:18 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lancaster (c. 156 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Porterville (c. 54 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lancaster, Lindsay, Taft (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km S of Bodfish, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.32 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.513° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.493° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km S of Bodfish, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-18 19:19:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-02 14:26:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 806 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.995 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 658 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew,ci,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1724 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 ci40549375 Id of event.
Event Code 40549375 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1713467960,ci40549375,us7000mczm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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