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Light earthquake 4 mag, 63 km W of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.3951683S, -125.0263367WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -125.0263367° West, 40.3951683° North, depth -0.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.31 km (-0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 21:05:11 / February 24, 2019 @ 9:05 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 13:05:11 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc73145321. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73145321.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 63 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.0263367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3951683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km W 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 2019-02-24 21:05:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-24 21:11:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 2.06 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 246 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5319 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 255 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 nc73145321 Id of event.
Event Code 73145321 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73145321, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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