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Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Petrolia in CA


Earthquake location 40.211833953857S, -125.96533203125WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 143 km W of Petrolia, CA (89 miles). The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:09:49 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.4299998283386 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75272296. Unique identifier: nc75272296. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/25 / 2025-11-30 19:09:49 / November 30, 2025 @ 7:09 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -125.96533203125 West, latitude 40.211833953857 North, depth = 5.4299998283386 km.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 143 km W of Petrolia, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.96533203125° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.211833953857° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.4299998283386 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143 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 2025-11-30 19:09:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-30 19:17:20 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 131 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.244 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 293 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 nc75272296 Id of event.
Event Code 75272296 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75272296, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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