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Light earthquake, 4.02 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 20:01:06 / December 6, 2024 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -124.49683380127 West, latitude 40.299835205078 North, depth = 8.6800003051758 km. Event id: nc75097986. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1733515270, nc75097986. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.6800003051758 km (5 miles). The 4.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:01:06 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.02 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.49683380127° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.299835205078° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.6800003051758 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 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	2024-12-06 20:01:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-06 20:10:56	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.216	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	250	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1185	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	264	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	nc75097986	Id of event.
Event Code	75097986	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1733515270,nc75097986,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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