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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.326000213623S, -124.96817016602WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 14:45:00 / December 18, 2024 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: nc75104866. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1734533110, nc75104866. Exact location of event, depth 0.47999998927116 km, -124.96817016602° West, 40.326000213623° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.47999998927116 km (0 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:45:00 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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

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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: 58 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.96817016602° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.326000213623° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.47999998927116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 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 14:45:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-18 14:50:41 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 199 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 ,ew,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4799 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 245 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 nc75104866 Id of event.
Event Code 75104866 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1734533110,nc75104866, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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