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Light earthquake, 4.19 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on January 7, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.4061661S, -125.2453308WA light earthquake magnitude 4.19 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 82 km W of Petrolia, CA (51 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.07 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 19:00:57 / January 7, 2018 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petrolia in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.2453308 West, latitude 40.4061661 North, depth = 0.07 km. The 4.19-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:00:57 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc72950451. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72950451, at00p278tl.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.19 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.2453308° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.4061661° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km W of Petrolia, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-07 19:00:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-07 19:04:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 1 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 270 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,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 139 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6963 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 239 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 nc72950451 Id of event.
Event Code 72950451 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72950451,at00p278tl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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