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Minor earthquake, 3.54 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on January 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.354999542236S, -125.06349945068WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 20:29:39 / January 20, 2025 @ 8:29 pm. Exact location, longitude -125.06349945068° West, latitude 40.354999542236° North, depth = 2.289999961853 km. Id of earthquake: nc75120321. Event ids that are associated: nc75120321. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.289999961853 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:29:39 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 66 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.54 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.06349945068° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.354999542236° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.289999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 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 2025-01-20 20:29:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-20 20:37:34 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 reviewed 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 193 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5552 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 ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75120321 Id of event.
Event Code 75120321 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75120321, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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