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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.407333374023S, -125.03949737549WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75096616. Event ids that are associated: nc75096616. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.8500003814697 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -125.03949737549° West, latitude 40.407333374023° North, depth = 9.8500003814697 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 22:59:14 / December 5, 2024 @ 10:59 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:59:14 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.03949737549° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.407333374023° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.8500003814697 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 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 22:59:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 23:00:53 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 133 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5457 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 284 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 nc75096616 Id of event.
Event Code 75096616 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75096616, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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