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Minor earthquake, 3.87 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.319499969482S, -124.8955001831WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location, longitude -124.8955001831° West, latitude 40.319499969482° North, depth = 7.5799999237061 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.5799999237061 km (5 miles). The 3.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:33 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 19:39:33 / December 27, 2024 @ 7:39 pm. Event id: nc75108656. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75108656, ew1735328380.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.8955001831° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.319499969482° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.5799999237061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km W 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 19:39:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-27 19:41:55 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 230 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4403 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 260 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 nc75108656 Id of event.
Event Code 75108656 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75108656,ew1735328380, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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