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Light earthquake, 4.1534 mag strikes near Shelter Cove in California


Earthquake location 40.1148S, -125.0012WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1534 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Shelter Cove in California. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -125.0012° West, 40.1148° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/20 / 2020-11-02 19:25:15 / November 2, 2020 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1604345115. Id of event: ew1604345115. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The 4.1534-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:25:15 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km W of Shelter Cove, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1534 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.0012° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.1148° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km W of Shelter Cove, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-02 19:25:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-02 19:25:26 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 265 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 9 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 ew1604345115 Id of event.
Event Code 1604345115 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1604345115, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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