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Light earthquake, 4.11 mag has occurred near Lamont in CA


Earthquake location 35.1119995S, -119.1086655WA light earthquake magnitude 4.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Lamont in CA. The 4.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:31:00 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.1086655 West, latitude 35.1119995 North, depth = 11.3 km. 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 11.3 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 22:31:00 / June 24, 2024 @ 10:31 pm. Unique identifier: ci40809504. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1719268260, ci40809504.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Paula (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rosamond, Montecito, Carpinteria.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 24 km SW of Lamont, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.1086655° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1119995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km SW of Lamont, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-24 22:31:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-24 22:36:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 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 260 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 118 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05705 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 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 ci40809504 Id of event.
Event Code 40809504 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1719268260,ci40809504, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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