Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. The temblor was reported at 07:24:58 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.090000003576279 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75103851. Id of event: nc75103851. Exact location of earthquake, -124.78900146484° West, 40.334999084473° North, depth -0.090000003576279 km. Global time and date of event 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 07:24:58 / December 16, 2024 @ 7:24 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

CA Eureka Fortuna Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.78900146484° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.334999084473° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.090000003576279 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 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	2024-12-16 07:24:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 07:26:34	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	129	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3445	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	254	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	nc75103851	Id of event.
Event Code	75103851	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75103851,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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