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Moderate earthquake, 5.83 mag has occurred near Cobb in CA


Earthquake location 38.844165802002S, -122.82749938965WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.83 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cobb in CA on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 18:47:36 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -122.82749938965° West, latitude 38.844165802002° North, depth = 1.039999961853 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 18:47:36 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75095671. Event ids that are associated: nc75095671. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.039999961853 km (1 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Concord, Berkeley, Bay Point (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Concord (c. 122 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 118 km (74 miles) from Berkeley (c. 112 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Richmond (c. 103 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 9 km WNW of Cobb, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.82749938965° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.844165802002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.039999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km WNW of Cobb, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-05 18:47:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 18:50:23 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 523 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.008362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75095671 Id of event.
Event Code 75095671 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75095671, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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