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Moderate earthquake, 5.25 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 07:21:58 / December 15, 2024 @ 7:21 am. The 5.25-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:21:58 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.13549804688 West, latitude 40.409000396729 North, depth = 0.43000000715256 km. Id of earthquake: nc75103356. Event ids that are associated: nc75103356, at00soixsp, ew1734247330. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petrolia in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.43000000715256 km (0 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Bayside, Arcata (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Fortuna McKinleyville Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.25 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.13549804688° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.409000396729° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.43000000715256 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73 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	2024-12-15 07:21:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-15 07:32:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	9	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.572	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	1	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	427	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,at,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	222	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6127	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	233	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	nc75103356	Id of event.
Event Code	75103356	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75103356,at00soixsp,ew1734247330,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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