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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Cobb in California

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cobb in California on Saturday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:34:29 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1717875270. Id of event: ew1717875270. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.8271 West, latitude 38.8225 North, depth = 9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 19:34:29 / June 8, 2024 @ 7:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suisun, Vallejo, Fairfield. Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km W of Cobb, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.8271° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.8225° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km W of Cobb, California	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 19:37:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	299	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	36	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	ew1717875270	Id of event.
Event Code	1717875270	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1717875270,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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