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Minor earthquake 3.8 mag, 67 km WNW of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.373500823975S, -125.07066345215WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 03:14:34 / December 6, 2024 @ 3:14 am. Exact location of event, longitude -125.07066345215 West, latitude 40.373500823975 North, depth = 0.46999999880791 km. Event id: nc75097046. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75097046, ew1733454880, us7000nwfa. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.46999999880791 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:14:34 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.07066345215° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.373500823975° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.46999999880791 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 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 03:14:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 03:21:27 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 222 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,ew,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 127 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 248 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 nc75097046 Id of event.
Event Code 75097046 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75097046,ew1733454880,us7000nwfa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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