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Light earthquake, 4.0965 mag has occurred near Ferndale in California

Posted by admin on December 8, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.2334S, -126.0805WA light earthquake magnitude 4.0965 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 158 km WSW of Ferndale, California (98 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:50:36 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly 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). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/20 / 2020-12-08 19:50:36 / December 8, 2020 @ 7:50 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1607457036. Unique identifier: ew1607457036. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -126.0805° West, 40.2334° North.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 158 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.0965 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.0805° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 158 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 2020-12-08 19:50:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-08 19:51:07 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 258 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 10 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 ew1607457036 Id of event.
Event Code 1607457036 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1607457036, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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