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Light earthquake 4.04 mag, 5 km WNW of Dublin, CA


Earthquake location 37.708999633789S, -121.98783111572WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Dublin in CA. The 4.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:46:33 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.680000305176 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 02:46:33 / March 18, 2025 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.98783111572 West, latitude 37.708999633789 North, depth = 11.680000305176 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1742265990, nc75150752, us6000pzhm. Unique identifier: nc75150752. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Escalon, Modesto, Bret Harte (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km WNW of Dublin, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.98783111572° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.708999633789° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.680000305176 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km WNW of Dublin, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-18 02:46:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 02:55:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.411 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 reviewed 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 260 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 ,ew,nc,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 103 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06754 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 nc75150752 Id of event.
Event Code 75150752 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1742265990,nc75150752,us6000pzhm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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