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Light earthquake, 4.03 mag has occurred near The Geysers in CA


Earthquake location 38.81266784668S, -122.82116699219WA light earthquake magnitude 4.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.3199999332428 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.82116699219 West, latitude 38.81266784668 North, depth = 3.3199999332428 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: nc75017972. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1717875270, nc75017972. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 19:34:29 / June 8, 2024 @ 7:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:34:29 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vacaville, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, American Canyon (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

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: 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.82116699219° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.81266784668° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.3199999332428 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-08 19:34:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-08 19:43:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 39 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.865 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 267 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 ,ew,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 79 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 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75017972 Id of event.
Event Code 75017972 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1717875270,nc75017972, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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