A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ferndale in California on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -124.6936667 West, latitude 40.5523333 North, depth = 23.9 km. Global time and date of event 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 22:46:21 / September 23, 2015 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:46:21 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc72528786. Event ids that are associated: nc72528786. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.9 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km W of Ferndale, California.
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