Minor earthquake 2.95 mag, 25 km W of Petrolia, CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 01:49:31 / June 26, 2024 @ 1:49 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.440000534058 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:49:31 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.440000534058 km, -124.58100128174° West, 40.305500030518° North. Event id: nc75027341. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75027341.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 25 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.58100128174° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.305500030518° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.440000534058 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km 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	2024-06-26 01:49:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-26 01:51:03	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	134	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	35	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	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	250	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	nc75027341	Id of event.
Event Code	75027341	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75027341,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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