A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ferndale in California on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -124.471° West, 40.4948333° North, depth 24.15 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:07:27 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 21:07:27 / July 5, 2015 @ 9:07 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.15 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: nc72479061. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72479061.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 19 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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