Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 73 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (45 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -125.13966369629 West, latitude 40.419834136963 North, depth = 4.4800000190735 km. The temblor was reported at 11:52:28 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75098711. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75098711. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.4800000190735 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 11:52:28 / December 7, 2024 @ 11:52 am.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.13966369629° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.419834136963° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.4800000190735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73 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	2024-12-07 11:52:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-07 11:53:57	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	122	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6147	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	312	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	nc75098711	Id of event.
Event Code	75098711	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75098711,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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