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Minor earthquake 3.64 mag, 68 km WNW of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.393001556396S, -125.08716583252WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 03:56:45 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.46999999880791 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 03:56:45 / March 19, 2025 @ 3:56 am. Event id: nc75151402. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75151402. Exact location of event, longitude -125.08716583252 West, latitude 40.393001556396 North, depth = 0.46999999880791 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 68 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.64 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.08716583252° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.393001556396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.46999999880791 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 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 2025-03-19 03:56:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-19 03:59:15 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 204 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5786 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 265 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 nc75151402 Id of event.
Event Code 75151402 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75151402, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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