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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.391998291016S, -124.86966705322WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75104821. Event ids that are associated: nc75104821. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.450000762939 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 12:49:55 / December 18, 2024 @ 12:49 pm. Exact location of event, depth 19.450000762939 km, -124.86966705322° West, 40.391998291016° North. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:49:55 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.86966705322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.391998291016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.450000762939 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 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 2024-12-18 12:49:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-18 12:51:30 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 132 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4159 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 269 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 nc75104821 Id of event.
Event Code 75104821 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75104821, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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