A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ferndale in California on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.4933319 West, latitude 40.4199982 North, depth = 19.76 km. Unique identifier: nc72529531. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72529531. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.76 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 22:05:38 / September 25, 2015 @ 10:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:05:38 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor 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. 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: 26 km SW of Ferndale, California.
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