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Light earthquake, 4.96 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on March 9, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.3984985S, -125.3713303WA light earthquake magnitude 4.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 92 km W of Petrolia, CA (57 miles). Exact location, longitude -125.3713303° West, latitude 40.3984985° North, depth = 2.23 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/20 / 2020-03-09 06:32:57 / March 9, 2020 @ 6:32 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petrolia in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q6wy6u, nc73351825. Id of event: nc73351825. The 4.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:32:57 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.23 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.3713303° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3984985° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km 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 2020-03-09 06:32:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-09 06:37:01 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 378 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 ,at,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 207 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 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 241 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 nc73351825 Id of event.
Event Code 73351825 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00q6wy6u,nc73351825, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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