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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.375667572021S, -124.99783325195WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 14:01:36 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75097661. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75097661. Exact location, longitude -124.99783325195° West, latitude 40.375667572021° North, depth = 8.8199996948242 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 14:01:36 / December 6, 2024 @ 2:01 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.8199996948242 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-four 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. Every 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.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.99783325195° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.375667572021° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.8199996948242 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 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 2024-12-06 14:01:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 14:03:39 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 134 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5084 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 251 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 nc75097661 Id of event.
Event Code 75097661 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75097661, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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