A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ferndale in California on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.6558304 West, latitude 40.3483315 North, depth = 15.3 km. The temblor was detected at 19:04:37 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.3 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 03:04:37 / July 26, 2016 @ 3:04 am. Unique identifier: nc72666376. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72666376.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km SW of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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