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Light earthquake, 4.01 mag strikes near San Juan Bautista in CA

Posted by admin on November 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.796165466309S, -121.54266357422WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Juan Bautista in CA on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/25 / 2025-11-27 20:48:48 / November 27, 2025 @ 8:48 pm. 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 8.170000076294 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:48 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1764276530, nc75270531, us7000re8e. Id of event: nc75270531. Exact location of earthquake, -121.54266357422° West, 36.796165466309° North, depth 8.170000076294 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palo Alto, Stanford, Los Altos Hills (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Mountain View (c. 74 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Milpitas (c. 66 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 6 km S of San Juan Bautista, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.54266357422° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.796165466309° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.170000076294 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km S of San Juan Bautista, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-27 20:48:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-27 20:58:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 23 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.562 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 255 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 nc75270531 Id of event.
Event Code 75270531 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1764276530,nc75270531,us7000re8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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