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Minor earthquake, 3.02 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.338665008545S, -124.81583404541WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -124.81583404541° West, 40.338665008545° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:01:02 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75097461. Event ids that are associated: nc75097461. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 10:01:02 / December 6, 2024 @ 10:01 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.81583404541° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.338665008545° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 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 10:01:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 10:07:24 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 140 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3653 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 256 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 nc75097461 Id of event.
Event Code 75097461 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75097461, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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