Minor earthquake, 3.24 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 96 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (60 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.7699999809265 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 21:50:44 / December 10, 2024 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.41283416748 West, latitude 40.411998748779 North, depth = 4.7699999809265 km. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:50:44 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75101286. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75101286.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 96 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.24 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.41283416748° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.411998748779° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.7699999809265 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	96 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	2024-12-10 21:50:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-10 21:57:15	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	162	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8231	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	287	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	nc75101286	Id of event.
Event Code	75101286	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75101286,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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