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Light earthquake: M4.12 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.285999298096S, -124.29433441162WA light earthquake magnitude 4.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.8800001144409 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: nc75077981. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75077981, ew1729750700. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 06:18:15 / October 24, 2024 @ 6:18 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.8800001144409 km, -124.29433441162° West, 40.285999298096° North. The 4.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:18:15 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 4 km SSW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.29433441162° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.285999298096° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.8800001144409 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SSW 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 2024-10-24 06:18:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 06:23:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 262 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,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03699 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 137 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 nc75077981 Id of event.
Event Code 75077981 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75077981,ew1729750700, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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