Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) strikes 71 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (44 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 21:52:55 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 21:52:55 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.5 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -125.1173324585 West, latitude 40.379665374756 North, depth = 10.5 km. Event id: nc75096446. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096446.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.42 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.1173324585° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.379665374756° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71 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 21:52:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 21:54:58	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	180	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	50	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5992	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	261	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	nc75096446	Id of event.
Event Code	75096446	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75096446,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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