Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was detected at 03:26:27 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.1399999856949 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 03:26:27 / January 31, 2025 @ 3:26 am. Id of earthquake: nc75126096. Event ids that are associated: nc75126096. Exact location of event, longitude -124.80400085449 West, latitude 40.211666107178 North, depth = 1.1399999856949 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 46 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.80400085449° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.211666107178° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.1399999856949 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 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	2025-01-31 03:26:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-31 03:27:55	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	130	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3614	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	283	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	nc75126096	Id of event.
Event Code	75126096	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75126096,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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