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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Ferndale in California

Posted by admin on December 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.2321S, -126.0462WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km WSW of Ferndale, California (97 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: ew1734247330. Event ids that are associated: ew1734247330. Exact location of earthquake, -126.0462° West, 40.2321° North, depth 9 km. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:21:47 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 07:21:47 / December 15, 2024 @ 7:21 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 156 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.0462° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2321° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 156 km WSW 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 2024-12-15 07:21:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 07:22:35 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 449 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 69 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 ew1734247330 Id of event.
Event Code 1734247330 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1734247330, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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