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Moderate earthquake, 5.09 mag strikes near Lamont in CA


Earthquake location 35.1108322S, -119.0920029WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.09 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Lamont in CA on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 04:09:56 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40865184, at00shty8j, ew1723003800. Id of event: ci40865184. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lamont in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.67 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 04:09:56 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.0920029 West, latitude 35.1108322 North, depth = 11.67 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Lancaster (c. 156 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Simi Valley (c. 124 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was East Porterville, Chatsworth, Isla Vista. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km SW of Lamont, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.09 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.0920029° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1108322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 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 04:09:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 04:14:20 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 6.957 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 1 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 399 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,at,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 124 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 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 mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40865184 Id of event.
Event Code 40865184 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40865184,at00shty8j,ew1723003800, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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