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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.434166666667S, -125.197WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km WNW of Petrolia, CA (48 miles) on Thursday. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:55:31 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75096141. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096141. Exact location of earthquake, -125.197° West, 40.434166666667° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:55:31 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:55 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 78 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.434166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 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 19:55:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-16 19:47:18 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 124 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6572 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 nc75096141 Id of event.
Event Code 75096141 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75096141, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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