A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Rio Dell in California. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.12 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.956665 West, latitude 40.4898338 North, depth = 22.12 km. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:07:04 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/15 / 2015-08-28 01:07:04 / August 28, 2015 @ 1:07 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72514781. Unique identifier: nc72514781.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 12 km E of Rio Dell, California.
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