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Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on December 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.330501556396S, -125.01399993897WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Event id: nc75102321. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75102321. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.0900000333786 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:02:16 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.01399993897 West, latitude 40.330501556396 North, depth = 1.0900000333786 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 14:02:16 / December 12, 2024 @ 2:02 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 62 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.01399993897° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.330501556396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.0900000333786 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 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 2024-12-12 14:02:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 14:04:28 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 149 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 274 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 nc75102321 Id of event.
Event Code 75102321 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75102321, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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