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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on August 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.229331970215S, -124.67583465576WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 09:10:41 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 09:10:41 / August 22, 2024 @ 9:10 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.319999694824 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -124.67583465576° West, latitude 40.229331970215° North, depth = 12.319999694824 km. Id of earthquake: nc75051691. Event ids that are associated: nc75051691.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 35 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.67583465576° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.229331970215° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.319999694824 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 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 2024-08-22 09:10:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-22 09:12:20 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 136 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2618 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 267 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 nc75051691 Id of event.
Event Code 75051691 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75051691, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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