Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 07:05:48 / October 24, 2024 @ 7:05 am. Id of earthquake: nc75078001. Event ids that are associated: nc75078001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.29166412353 West, latitude 40.285499572754 North, depth = 9.6199998855591 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.6199998855591 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:05:48 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Fortuna McKinleyville Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.29166412353° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.285499572754° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.6199998855591 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 07:05:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-24 07:09:36	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	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	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03907	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	138	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	nc75078001	Id of event.
Event Code	75078001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75078001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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