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Strong earthquake, 6 mag has occurred near Scotia in California


Earthquake location 40.3562S, -124.2249WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Scotia in California. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 18:44:29 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:44 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1733424270. Id of event: ew1733424270. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:44:29 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.2249° West, 40.3562° North, depth 9 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Bragg, McKinleyville, Arcata. Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 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: 17 km SW of Scotia, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.2249° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SW of Scotia, 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 18:44:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 18:44:40 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 554 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 18 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 ew1733424270 Id of event.
Event Code 1733424270 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1733424270, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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