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Light earthquake 4.27 mag, 11 km ESE of Stovepipe Wells, CA


Earthquake location 36.5518341S, -117.0478363WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.27 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 km ESE of Stovepipe Wells, CA (7 miles). Event id: ci40964384. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1729868670, ci40964384. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 15:04:23 / October 25, 2024 @ 3:04 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -117.0478363 West, latitude 36.5518341 North, depth = 1.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:04:23 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.46 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 11 km ESE of Stovepipe Wells, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.27 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.0478363° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5518341° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km ESE of Stovepipe Wells, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-25 15:04:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 15:08:46 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 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.933 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 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 282 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5118 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 ci40964384 Id of event.
Event Code 40964384 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1729868670,ci40964384, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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