A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ferndale in California on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.4929962 West, latitude 40.4150009 North, depth = 21.92 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.92 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:08:40 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 02:08:40 / July 5, 2015 @ 2:08 am. Event id: nc72478496. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72478496.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km SW of Ferndale, California.
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