Minor earthquake: M3.07 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. Id of earthquake: nc75108666. Event ids that are associated: nc75108666. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:58:49 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 19:58:49 / December 27, 2024 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.97283172607 West, latitude 40.368831634521 North, depth = 0.72000002861023 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.72000002861023 km (0 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 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 four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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.

CA Fortuna Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.07 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.97283172607° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.368831634521° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.72000002861023 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	2024-12-27 19:58:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-27 20:00:52	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	145	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4971	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	264	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	nc75108666	Id of event.
Event Code	75108666	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75108666,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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