Minor earthquake, 3.22 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.950000762939 km (11 miles). Global time and date of event 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 10:21:54 / January 26, 2025 @ 10:21 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75123226. Id of event: nc75123226. Exact location of earthquake, -124.73300170898° West, 40.360832214355° North, depth 17.950000762939 km. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:21:54 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 55 km (34 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 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.22 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.73300170898° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.360832214355° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.950000762939 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 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	2025-01-26 10:21:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-26 10:25:56	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	160	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	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3071	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	234	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	nc75123226	Id of event.
Event Code	75123226	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75123226,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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