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Minor earthquake, 3.79 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on February 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.349498748779S, -124.96433258057WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was detected at 23:31:23 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.1300001144409 km, -124.96433258057° West, 40.349498748779° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.1300001144409 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 23:31:23 / February 26, 2025 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc75139661. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75139661, ew1740612690, us6000pvqf.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 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 four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four 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.

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.79 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.96433258057° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.349498748779° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.1300001144409 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 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 2025-02-26 23:31:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-26 23:36:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 221 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,ew,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 126 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4793 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 243 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 nc75139661 Id of event.
Event Code 75139661 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75139661,ew1740612690,us6000pvqf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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