A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 165 km WSW of Ferndale, California (103 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 23:16:08 / December 5, 2024 @ 11:16 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:16:08 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -126.1616° West, 40.2241° North, depth 8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1733440590. Id of event: ew1733440590.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 165 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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