Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. Event id: nc73449406. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73449406. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/20 / 2020-08-25 12:00:46 / August 25, 2020 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.85 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:00:46 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -124.3496704° West, latitude 40.3434982° North, depth = 16.85 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Fortuna McKinleyville Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.3496704° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.3434982° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.85 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km WNW 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	2020-08-25 12:00:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-25 12:02:24	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		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	128	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	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05526	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	213	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	nc73449406	Id of event.
Event Code	73449406	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73449406,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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