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Light earthquake 4.36 mag, 11 km NNW of Avenal, CA


Earthquake location 36.083999633789S, -120.19533538818WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.36 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Avenal in CA. The 4.36-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:45:18 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.359999656677 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 00:45:18 / October 2, 2024 @ 12:45 am. Exact location of earthquake, -120.19533538818° West, 36.083999633789° North, depth 11.359999656677 km. Event id: nc75069176. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1727829920, nc75069176, us7000nhl9.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wasco, Clovis, Delano (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Visalia (c. 124 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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: 11 km NNW of Avenal, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.36 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.19533538818° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.083999633789° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.359999656677 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NNW of Avenal, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-02 00:45:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-02 00:52:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.163 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 294 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew,nc,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04569 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75069176 Id of event.
Event Code 75069176 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1727829920,nc75069176,us7000nhl9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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