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Minor earthquake 3.71 mag, 68 km WNW of Petrolia, CA


Earthquake location 40.364833831787S, -125.08483123779WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.11999999731779 km (0 miles). The 3.71-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:50:13 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -125.08483123779 West, latitude 40.364833831787 North, depth = 0.11999999731779 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 14:50:13 / December 12, 2024 @ 2:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75102341, ew1734015020. Id of event: nc75102341.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna.

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 five, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 68 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.71 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.08483123779° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.364833831787° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.11999999731779 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 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 14:50:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 14:52:40 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 212 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,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5726 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 262 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 nc75102341 Id of event.
Event Code 75102341 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75102341,ew1734015020, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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