A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 247 km W of Crescent City, California (153 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -127.1036 West, latitude 41.2972 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/15 / 2015-08-14 06:41:32 / August 14, 2015 @ 6:41 am. Event id: us10003271. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003271. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:41:32 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 247 km W of Crescent City, California.
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