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Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 19:24:24 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75100226. Id of event: nc75100226. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.63899993897 West, latitude 40.360500335693 North, depth = 16.389999389648 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.389999389648 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 19:24:24 / December 9, 2024 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 30 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.63899993897° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.360500335693° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.389999389648 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 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	2024-12-09 19:24:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-09 19:26:27	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	154	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	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2378	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 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	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75100226	Id of event.
Event Code	75100226	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75100226,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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