Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5605 West, latitude 40.2775 North, depth = 21.71 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75001988. Id of event: nc75001988. The temblor was reported at 19:25:27 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:25:27 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:25 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.71 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 24 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Fortuna Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.5605° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.2775° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.71 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 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 19:25:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 05:47:17	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	123	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1671	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	258	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	nc75001988	Id of event.
Event Code	75001988	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75001988,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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