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Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.38166809082S, -125.03316497803WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 08:42:39 / December 8, 2024 @ 8:42 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75099386. Id of event: nc75099386. Exact location of event, depth -0.019999999552965 km, -125.03316497803° West, 40.38166809082° North. The temblor was picked up at 08:42:39 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.019999999552965 km (-0 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.17 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.03316497803° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.38166809082° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.019999999552965 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 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 2024-12-08 08:42:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-08 08:44:42 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 155 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 252 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 nc75099386 Id of event.
Event Code 75099386 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75099386, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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