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Minor earthquake, 3.44 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.370166778565S, -124.91466522217WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.10999999940395 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc75108511. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75108511, ew1735294110. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:08:22 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 10:08:22 / December 27, 2024 @ 10:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -124.91466522217° West, 40.370166778565° North, depth -0.10999999940395 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.44 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.91466522217° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.370166778565° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.10999999940395 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2024-12-27 10:08:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-27 10:16:03 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 182 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,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 261 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 nc75108511 Id of event.
Event Code 75108511 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75108511,ew1735294110, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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