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Minor earthquake, 3.84 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.38733291626S, -125.44916534424WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (62 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 12:17:00 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 12:17:00 / October 5, 2024 @ 12:17 pm. Id of earthquake: nc75070701. Event ids that are associated: nc75070701. Exact location of event, depth 2.3599998950958 km, -125.44916534424° West, 40.38733291626° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.3599998950958 km (1 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 99 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.44916534424° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.38733291626° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.3599998950958 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 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 2024-10-05 12:17:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-05 12:20:55 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 227 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 131 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 248 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 nc75070701 Id of event.
Event Code 75070701 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75070701, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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