A light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Lamont in CA. The 4.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:17:10 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 04:17:10 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.55 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40865224. Id of event: ci40865224. Exact location of earthquake, -119.0748367° West, 35.1085014° North, depth 10.55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 75 km (47 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), 59 km (37 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carpinteria, Earlimart, Rosamond (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SW of Lamont, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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