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Minor earthquake, 3.59 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.409000396729S, -124.90716552734WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. Exact location, longitude -124.90716552734° West, latitude 40.409000396729° North, depth = -0.18999999761581 km. Event id: nc75099831. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75099831. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 00:47:11 / December 9, 2024 @ 12:47 am. The 3.59-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:47:11 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.18999999761581 km (-0 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.90716552734° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.409000396729° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.18999999761581 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2024-12-09 00:47:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 00:54:58 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 reviewed 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 198 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4398 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 261 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 nc75099831 Id of event.
Event Code 75099831 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75099831, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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