A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Westhaven-Moonstone in California. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:47:14 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc72557081. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72557081. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 09:47:14 / November 18, 2015 @ 9:47 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.14 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -124.545 West, latitude 41.3351667 North, depth = 21.14 km.
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 Bayside, Eureka, Arcata. The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Crescent City (c. 7 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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