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Minor earthquake, 3.95 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.373333333333S, -124.97316666667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 18:59:01 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 18:59:01 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: nc75095886. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75095886. Exact location of earthquake, -124.97316666667° West, 40.373333333333° North, depth 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.97316666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.373333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2024-12-05 18:59:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 23:22:10 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 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 240 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 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 241 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75095886 Id of event.
Event Code 75095886 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75095886, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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