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Light earthquake 4.65 mag, 22 km ENE of Barstow, CA


Earthquake location 34.9498329S, -116.7903366WA light earthquake magnitude 4.65 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Barstow in CA. The 4.65-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:00:52 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40675215, ew1722283260. Id of event: ci40675215. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.87 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -116.7903366° West, latitude 34.9498329° North, depth = 7.87 km. 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: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 20:00:52 / July 29, 2024 @ 8:00 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Highland, Yucca Valley, Piñon Hills. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Highland (c. 53 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 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 six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km ENE of Barstow, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.65 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.7903366° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.9498329° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km ENE of Barstow, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 20:00:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 20:02:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 333 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 ,ci,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 115 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1853 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40675215 Id of event.
Event Code 40675215 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40675215,ew1722283260, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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