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Minor earthquake 2.87 mag, 14 km ENE of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.3511658S, -124.1218338WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -124.1218338° West, latitude 40.3511658° North, depth = 28.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.51 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 20:31:26 / January 26, 2019 @ 8:31 pm. The temblor was reported at 12:31:26 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc73136841. Event ids that are associated: nc73136841.

The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 14 km ENE of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.1218338° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3511658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km ENE 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 2019-01-26 20:31:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-26 20:37:02 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 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 127 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06596 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73136841 Id of event.
Event Code 73136841 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73136841, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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