Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:26:32 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc75101021. Unique identifier: nc75101021. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.920000076294 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 13:26:32 / December 10, 2024 @ 1:26 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -124.90366363525° West, 40.329666137695° North, depth 13.920000076294 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

CA Fortuna Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.90366363525° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.329666137695° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.920000076294 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52 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 13:26:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-10 13:28:35	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	158	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	45	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	0.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	260	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	nc75101021	Id of event.
Event Code	75101021	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75101021,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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