A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ferndale in California. The temblor was picked up at 15:02:35 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -124.582 West, latitude 40.4243333 North, depth = 19.27 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/09/15 / 2015-09-13 22:02:35 / September 13, 2015 @ 10:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.27 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc71096819. Id of event: nc71096819.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 31 km WSW of Ferndale, California.
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