Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Ferndale in California

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 159 km W of Ferndale, California (99 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1730738500. Id of event: ew1730738500. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -126.1338° West, 40.4549° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 16:41:13 / November 4, 2024 @ 4:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:41:13 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 159 km W of Ferndale, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-126.1338° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.4549° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	159 km W of Ferndale, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-04 16:41:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-04 16:41:42	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		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	246	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ew	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		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	ew1730738500	Id of event.
Event Code	1730738500	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1730738500,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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