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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag strikes near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on April 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.328666687012S, -124.90433502197WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location of event, depth -0.10000000149012 km, -124.90433502197° West, 40.328666687012° North. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:55:30 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75169496. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75169496. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.10000000149012 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 02:55:30 / April 22, 2025 @ 2:55 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.90433502197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.328666687012° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.10000000149012 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 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 2025-04-22 02:55:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-22 02:57:46 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 138 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4314 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 260 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 nc75169496 Id of event.
Event Code 75169496 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75169496, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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