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Strong earthquake, 6.62 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

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A earthquake magnitude 6.62 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.64999997615814 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -125.02516937256 West, latitude 40.369834899902 North, depth = 0.64999997615814 km. The 6.62-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:44:19 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75095651. Event ids that are associated: ew1733424270, nc75095651, at00so1aq0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 18:44:19 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:44 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petrolia in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 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: 63 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Fortuna McKinleyville Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.62 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.02516937256° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.369834899902° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.64999997615814 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 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 18:44:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 18:50:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	9	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.279	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	1	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	677	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	,ew,nc,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	229	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5281	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.33 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	225	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	nc75095651	Id of event.
Event Code	75095651	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1733424270,nc75095651,at00so1aq0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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