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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Ferndale in California


Earthquake location 40.3704987S, -124.5159988WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ferndale in California on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:23 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.62 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 06:37:23 / October 27, 2016 @ 6:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.5159988 West, latitude 40.3704987 North, depth = 23.62 km. Event id: nc72716540. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72716540.

Nearby 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 McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 31 km SW of Ferndale, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.5159988° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3704987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km SW 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 2016-10-27 06:37:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-27 06:45:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.91 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 263 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 252 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 nc72716540 Id of event.
Event Code 72716540 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72716540, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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