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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag has occurred near Petrolia in CA

Posted by admin on May 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.277500152588S, -124.68266296387WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:37:25 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.68266296387 West, latitude 40.277500152588 North, depth = 0.28999999165535 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 14:37:25 / May 16, 2025 @ 2:37 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75182887. Id of event: nc75182887. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.28999999165535 km (0 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.68266296387° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.277500152588° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.28999999165535 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km W 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 2025-05-16 14:37:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-16 14:40:07 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 123 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2604 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 280 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 nc75182887 Id of event.
Event Code 75182887 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75182887, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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