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Light earthquake: M4.71 quake has struck near Stovepipe Wells in CA


Earthquake location 36.5983315S, -117.0678329WA light earthquake magnitude 4.71 (ml/mb) strikes 7 km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA (4 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.0678329 West, latitude 36.5983315 North, depth = -1.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.61 km (-1 miles). The 4.71-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:05:07 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40964128. Unique identifier: ci40964128. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 08:05:07 / October 25, 2024 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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: 7 km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.71 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.0678329° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5983315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km E 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 08:05:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 08:10:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.483 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 341 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4636 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 ci40964128 Id of event.
Event Code 40964128 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40964128, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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