Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 09:12:25 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75116166. Id of event: nc75116166. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 09:12:25 / January 12, 2025 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 0.55000001192093 km, -124.97583007812° West, 40.336166381836° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.55000001192093 km (0 miles).

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

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 59 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Fortuna Petrolia United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.03 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.97583007812° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.336166381836° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.55000001192093 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 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	2025-01-12 09:12:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-12 09:14:28	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	141	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4866	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	263	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	nc75116166	Id of event.
Event Code	75116166	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75116166,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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