A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Westhaven-Moonstone in California. Global time and date of event 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 02:38:50 / July 27, 2015 @ 2:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -124.3261642° West, latitude 41.0984993° North, depth = 22.25 km. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:38:50 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.25 km (14 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72495196. Unique identifier: nc72495196.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Crescent City, Fortuna, Bayside. Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 19 km WNW of Westhaven-Moonstone, California.
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