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Minor earthquake, 3.08 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on April 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.385833740234S, -124.81749725342WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:38:21 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75160772. Event ids that are associated: nc75160772. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 22:38:21 / April 5, 2025 @ 10:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -124.81749725342 West, latitude 40.385833740234 North, depth = 2.3399999141693 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.3399999141693 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 46 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.81749725342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.385833740234° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.3399999141693 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 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 2025-04-05 22:38:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-05 22:40:30 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 146 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3758 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 272 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 nc75160772 Id of event.
Event Code 75160772 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75160772, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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