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Minor earthquake, 3.01 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.375331878662S, -124.42150115967WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was detected at 22:58:17 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/24 / 2024-10-19 22:58:17 / October 19, 2024 @ 10:58 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -124.42150115967° West, 40.375331878662° North, depth 31.14999961853 km. Id of earthquake: nc75076186. Event ids that are associated: nc75076186. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.14999961853 km (19 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km NW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.42150115967° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.375331878662° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.14999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km NW 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 2024-10-19 22:58:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-19 23:00:20 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 139 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07683 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 236 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 nc75076186 Id of event.
Event Code 75076186 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75076186, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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