Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:04:35 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 18:04:35 / December 6, 2019 @ 6:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -124.6443329 West, latitude 40.4129982 North, depth = 19.79 km. Event id: nc73312236. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73312236. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.79 km (12 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.6443329° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.4129982° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km 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	2019-12-06 18:04:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-06 18:09:04	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		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	134	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.262	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	258	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	nc73312236	Id of event.
Event Code	73312236	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73312236,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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