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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.363666534424S, -124.9254989624WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.9254989624 West, latitude 40.363666534424 North, depth = 0 km. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 23:06:48 / December 5, 2024 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:06:48 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75096651. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75096651. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).

Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 54 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.9254989624° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.363666534424° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 23:06:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 23:10:47 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 132 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4519 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 267 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 nc75096651 Id of event.
Event Code 75096651 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75096651, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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