Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Ferndale in California

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 157 km W of Ferndale, California (98 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -126.1189° West, 40.4983° North, depth 8 km. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:00:02 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: ew1733428820. Event ids that are associated: ew1733428820. The temblor was detected at 20:00:02 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 157 km W of Ferndale, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-126.1189° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.4983° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	157 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	2024-12-05 20:00:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 20:00:33	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	385	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	11	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	ew1733428820	Id of event.
Event Code	1733428820	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1733428820,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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