A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Rio Dell in California. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.71 km (12 miles). Exact location, longitude -124.3691667° West, latitude 40.2806667° North, depth = 19.71 km. The temblor was detected at 02:08:50 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 10:08:50 / December 21, 2015 @ 10:08 am. Id of earthquake: nc72570296. Event ids that are associated: nc72570296.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km SW of Rio Dell, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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