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Minor earthquake: M2.83 quake has struck near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.255332946777S, -124.66066741943WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.5599999427795 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -124.66066741943° West, latitude 40.255332946777° North, depth = 3.5599999427795 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 11:48:13 / December 30, 2024 @ 11:48 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:48:13 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75109691. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75109691.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). 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).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.66066741943° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.255332946777° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.5599999427795 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 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 2024-12-30 11:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-30 11:49:53 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 123 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.316 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 339 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 nc75109691 Id of event.
Event Code 75109691 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75109691, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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