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Minor earthquake 3.03 mag, 75 km WNW of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.382333333333S, -125.16733333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (47 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -125.16733333333° West, 40.382333333333° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 14:09:57 / May 5, 2024 @ 2:09 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:09:57 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75001616. Event ids that are associated: nc75001616, us6000mwhi.

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 three and in the last 365 days three 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 75 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.16733333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.382333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km 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 2024-05-05 14:09:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 05:45:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 142 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6374 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 244 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 nc75001616 Id of event.
Event Code 75001616 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75001616,us6000mwhi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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