A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ferndale in California on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.49 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 21:21:55 / December 29, 2015 @ 9:21 pm. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:21:55 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc72571340. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72571340. Exact location of event, depth 25.49 km, -124.4126663° West, 40.6100006° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km WNW of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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