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Light earthquake 4.63 mag, 7 km N of Malibu, CA


Earthquake location 34.0703316S, -118.8083344WA light earthquake magnitude 4.63 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Malibu in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1726151300, ci40731623, at00sjpev8. Unique identifier: ci40731623. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.8083344 West, latitude 34.0703316 North, depth = 11.55 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 14:28:21 / September 12, 2024 @ 2:28 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.55 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Malibu in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.63-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:28:21 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Glendale (c. 191 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tustin, Pomona, Chino Hills.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km N of Malibu, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.63 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.8083344° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0703316° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km N of Malibu, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-12 14:28:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 14:32:59 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 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.65 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 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 330 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 ,ew,ci,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 108 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03696 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 116 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 ci40731623 Id of event.
Event Code 40731623 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1726151300,ci40731623,at00sjpev8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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