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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Maricopa in California


Earthquake location 35.0961S, -119.3495WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Maricopa in California on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 23:43:31 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 23:43:31 / August 7, 2024 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -119.3495° West, latitude 35.0961° North, depth = 9 km. Event id: ew1723074210. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1723074210. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Solvang, Ventura, Isla Vista. Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Goleta (c. 29 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km NE of Maricopa, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.3495° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0961° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NE of Maricopa, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-07 23:43:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 23:43:46 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 259 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 26 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 ew1723074210 Id of event.
Event Code 1723074210 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1723074210, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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