Minor earthquake, 3.54 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was detected at 18:57:11 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75095856. Id of event: nc75095856. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 18:57:11 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:57 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.78 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 21.78 km, -124.55866666667° West, 40.304333333333° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 23 km W of Petrolia, CA.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Fortuna McKinleyville Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.54 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.55866666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.304333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 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	2024-12-05 18:57:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-14 22:52:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.912	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	reviewed	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	197	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	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.166	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	238	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	nc75095856	Id of event.
Event Code	75095856	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75095856,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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