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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Ferndale in California

Posted by admin on December 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.1422S, -126.0821WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km WSW of Ferndale, California (100 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1735013090. Id of event: ew1735013090. Global time and date of event 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 04:04:25 / December 24, 2024 @ 4:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -126.0821 West, latitude 40.1422 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:04:25 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 161 km WSW of Ferndale, California.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.0821° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.1422° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 161 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 2024-12-24 04:04:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 04:04:58 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 284 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 13 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 ew1735013090 Id of event.
Event Code 1735013090 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1735013090, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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