Light earthquake, 4.02 mag was detected near Blue Lake in CA

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Blue Lake in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75006996. Event ids that are associated: nc75006996, us6000mypi. The temblor was reported at 06:39:03 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). 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: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 06:39:03 / May 15, 2024 @ 6:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.58 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -123.90183333333° West, 40.828333333333° North, depth 25.58 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna, Eureka, McKinleyville (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SE of Blue Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.02 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.90183333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.828333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SE of Blue Lake, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-15 06:39:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-16 06:46:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	917	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.213	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	615	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09753	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	nc75006996	Id of event.
Event Code	75006996	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75006996,us6000mypi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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