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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.312831878662S, -124.6926651001WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.0500001907349 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 21:11:48 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:11 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:11:48 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75096351. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096351. Exact location of event, depth 7.0500001907349 km, -124.6926651001° West, 40.312831878662° North.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 55 km (34 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-two, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 35 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.6926651001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.312831878662° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.0500001907349 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 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 2024-12-05 21:11:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 21:13:27 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 136 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3162 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 318 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 nc75096351 Id of event.
Event Code 75096351 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75096351, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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