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Light earthquake 4.24 mag, 53 km WNW of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.348499298096S, -124.91249847412WA light earthquake magnitude 4.24 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Petrolia in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -124.91249847412 West, latitude 40.348499298096 North, depth = 2.3399999141693 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75096436. Unique identifier: nc75096436. The temblor was picked up at 21:47:11 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 21:47:11 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:47 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.3399999141693 km (1 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.91249847412° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.348499298096° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.3399999141693 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 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 2024-12-05 21:47:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 21:53:24 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 3.047 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 277 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 112 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 nc75096436 Id of event.
Event Code 75096436 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75096436, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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