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Minor earthquake 3.87 mag, 44 km WNW of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.340999603271S, -124.80117034912WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.87 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. The 3.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:01:06 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 13:01:06 / December 10, 2024 @ 1:01 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -124.80117034912 West, latitude 40.340999603271 North, depth = -0.15000000596046 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.15000000596046 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75101006. Id of event: nc75101006.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Close 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 nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.80117034912° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.340999603271° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.15000000596046 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 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 13:01:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 13:04:25 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 230 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 101 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 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 nc75101006 Id of event.
Event Code 75101006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75101006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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