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Light earthquake, 4.45 mag strikes near Lamont in CA


Earthquake location 35.1110001S, -119.1188354WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.45 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Lamont in CA. The temblor was detected at 04:10:44 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci40865192. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40865192. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 04:10:44 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:10 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.71 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -119.1188354° West, latitude 35.1110001° North, depth = 9.71 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). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Clarita, Moorpark, Ventura.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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: 25 km SW of Lamont, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.45 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.1188354° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1110001° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 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 2024-08-07 04:10:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 04:12:56 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 305 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05966 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 ci40865192 Id of event.
Event Code 40865192 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40865192, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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