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Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.330333333333S, -124.97433333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -124.97433333333 West, latitude 40.330333333333 North, depth = 1.9 km. The temblor was reported at 19:18:47 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:18:47 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:18 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75001653. Unique identifier: nc75001653. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.9 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 58 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.97433333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.330333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 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 19:18:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 02:52:18 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 reviewed 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 130 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6278 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 289 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75001653 Id of event.
Event Code 75001653 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75001653, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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