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Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.309501647949S, -124.98449707031WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:13 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -124.98449707031 West, latitude 40.309501647949 North, depth = 5.039999961853 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.039999961853 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nc75100871. Event ids that are associated: nc75100871. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 07:29:13 / December 10, 2024 @ 7:29 am.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 59 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.98449707031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.309501647949° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.039999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2024-12-10 07:29:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 07:30:53 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 126 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 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 285 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 nc75100871 Id of event.
Event Code 75100871 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75100871, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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