Minor earthquake 3.06 mag, 182 km W of Petrolia, CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 182 km W of Petrolia, CA (113 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.49 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/03/20 / 2020-03-20 14:42:02 / March 20, 2020 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:42:02 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -126.4338333° West, 40.3583333° North, depth 3.49 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73356440. Unique identifier: nc73356440.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 182 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.06 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-126.4338333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.3583333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	182km 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	2020-03-20 14:42:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-25 23:12:26	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	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	144	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.6	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	282	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	nc73356440	Id of event.
Event Code	73356440	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73356440,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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