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Light earthquake: M4.42 quake has struck near Avenal in CA


Earthquake location 36.079833984375S, -120.18849945068WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Avenal in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.64999961853 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10.64999961853 km, -120.18849945068° West, 36.079833984375° North. The temblor was reported at 00:17:04 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 00:17:04 / February 14, 2025 @ 12:17 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75133062, ew1739492230. Id of event: nc75133062.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Visalia (c. 124 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orosi, Wasco, Clovis.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 10 km NNW of Avenal, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.18849945068° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.079833984375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.64999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNW of Avenal, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-14 00:17:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-14 00:20:32 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 301 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03877 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75133062 Id of event.
Event Code 75133062 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75133062,ew1739492230, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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