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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Ferndale in California


Earthquake location 40.2486S, -125.2684WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 92 km WSW of Ferndale, California (57 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1738630510. Unique identifier: ew1738630510. Exact location of event, longitude -125.2684 West, latitude 40.2486 North, depth = 8 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 00:54:59 / February 4, 2025 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:54:59 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 92 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.2684° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2486° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 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 2025-02-04 00:54:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-04 00:55:24 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 246 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 19 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 ew1738630510 Id of event.
Event Code 1738630510 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1738630510, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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