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Light earthquake, 4.63 mag has occurred near Johannesburg in CA


Earthquake location 35.3723335S, -117.3951645WA light earthquake magnitude 4.63 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Johannesburg in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.78 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.63-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:05:31 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 08:05:31 / October 25, 2024 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci40964136. Event ids that are associated: ci40964136. Exact location of event, depth 0.78 km, -117.3951645° West, 35.3723335° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Victorville, Lake Los Angeles, Rosamond. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rosamond (c. 18 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km E of Johannesburg, CA. This information 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 -117.3951645° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.3723335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km E of Johannesburg, 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 08:05:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 11:01:11 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 4.942 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 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 ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5018 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 303 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40964136 Id of event.
Event Code 40964136 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40964136, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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