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Minor earthquake, 3.28 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.228668212891S, -124.73133087158WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 11:04:02 / December 15, 2024 @ 11:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.1199998855591 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.73133087158° West, 40.228668212891° North, depth 9.1199998855591 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:04:02 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc75103441. Unique identifier: nc75103441.

Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, 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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 39 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.73133087158° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.228668212891° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.1199998855591 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 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 2024-12-15 11:04:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 11:07:08 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 166 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 270 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 nc75103441 Id of event.
Event Code 75103441 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75103441, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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