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Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on March 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.157333374023S, -124.72766876221WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:55:46 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/25 / 2025-03-27 08:55:46 / March 27, 2025 @ 8:55 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: nc75156122. Event ids that are associated: nc75156122. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.72766876221 West, latitude 40.157333374023 North, depth = 0.11999999731779 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.11999999731779 km (0 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km WSW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.72766876221° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.157333374023° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.11999999731779 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km WSW 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 2025-03-27 08:55:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-27 08:57:14 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 131 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 278 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 nc75156122 Id of event.
Event Code 75156122 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75156122, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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