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Minor earthquake 2.85 mag, 28 km WNW of Petrolia, CA

Posted by admin on August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.374500274658S, -124.60949707031WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.60949707031 West, latitude 40.374500274658 North, depth = 25.379999160767 km. Unique identifier: nc75054476. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75054476. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:33:13 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.379999160767 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 14:33:13 / August 28, 2024 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.60949707031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.374500274658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.379999160767 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 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 2024-08-28 14:33:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 14:37:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 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 125 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 38 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 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 227 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 nc75054476 Id of event.
Event Code 75054476 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75054476, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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