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Minor earthquake, 3.53 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on April 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.36266708374S, -125.02200317383WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.7799999713898 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 2.7799999713898 km, -125.02200317383° West, 40.36266708374° North. The temblor was picked up at 17:03:37 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 17:03:37 / April 16, 2025 @ 5:03 pm. Id of earthquake: nc75166396. Event ids that are associated: nc75166396.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two 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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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: 63 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.53 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.02200317383° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.36266708374° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.7799999713898 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 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 2025-04-16 17:03:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-16 17:12:08 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 reviewed 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 192 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 89 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5247 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 260 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 nc75166396 Id of event.
Event Code 75166396 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75166396, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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