A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hayfork in California. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.13 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:51:38 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.13 km, -123.4026642° West, 40.4428329° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72529026. Id of event: nc72529026. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 13:51:38 / September 24, 2015 @ 1:51 pm.
Nearby 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 Eureka, Arcata, Bayside. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 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 eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 22 km WSW of Hayfork, California.
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