Minor earthquake, 3.09 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.159999847412 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 17.159999847412 km, -124.58633422852° West, 40.265335083008° North. Event id: nc75096036. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096036. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:28:54 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:28:54 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:28 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

Did you feel it?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km W of Petrolia, CA.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.58633422852° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.265335083008° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.159999847412 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 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 19:28:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 19:31:42	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	147	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2378	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	311	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	nc75096036	Id of event.
Event Code	75096036	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75096036,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Minor earthquake, 3.09 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

Did you feel it?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information