Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 22:03:31 / December 8, 2024 @ 10:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.57583618164 West, latitude 40.295166015625 North, depth = 10.189999580383 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:03:31 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75099761. Id of event: nc75099761. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.189999580383 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.57583618164° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.295166015625° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.189999580383 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 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	2024-12-08 22:03:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-08 22:06:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	130	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1785	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	277	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	nc75099761	Id of event.
Event Code	75099761	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75099761,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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