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Minor earthquake: M3.29 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.398334503174S, -125.10399627685WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) strikes 70 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (43 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 00:56:03 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 00:56:03 / December 10, 2024 @ 12:56 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75100486. Unique identifier: nc75100486. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.10399627685 West, latitude 40.398334503174 North, depth = 0.88999998569489 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.88999998569489 km (1 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, 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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.29 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.10399627685° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.398334503174° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.88999998569489 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 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 00:56:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 00:58:06 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 167 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 27 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 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 269 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 nc75100486 Id of event.
Event Code 75100486 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75100486, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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