Minor earthquake: M3.41 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.829999923706 km (7 miles). The 3.41-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:28:47 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096211. Id of event: nc75096211. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5051651001 West, latitude 40.312999725342 North, depth = 10.829999923706 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:28:47 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:28 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.41 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.5051651001° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.312999725342° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.829999923706 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km W 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 20:28:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 20:31:17	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	179	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1267	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	270	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	nc75096211	Id of event.
Event Code	75096211	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75096211,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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