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Minor earthquake, 3.67 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on August 9, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.3079987S, -124.6299973WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.05 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc73440256. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73440256, us6000bbaq. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/20 / 2020-08-09 03:23:55 / August 9, 2020 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -124.6299973 West, latitude 40.3079987 North, depth = 17.05 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:23:55 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.67 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.6299973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3079987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km 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 2020-08-09 03:23:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-09 03:32:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 2.88 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 207 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2207 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 265 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 nc73440256 Id of event.
Event Code 73440256 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73440256,us6000bbaq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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