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Minor earthquake, 3.89 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.401832580566S, -125.63316345215WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.89 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (71 miles) on Saturday. The 3.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:33:35 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 09:33:35 / October 26, 2024 @ 9:33 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.1199998855591 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -125.63316345215° West, 40.401832580566° North, depth 2.1199998855591 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75079026. Unique identifier: nc75079026.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 115 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.63316345215° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.401832580566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.1199998855591 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 115 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 2024-10-26 09:33:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 09:40:22 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 233 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9917 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 251 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75079026 Id of event.
Event Code 75079026 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75079026, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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