A light earthquake with magnitude 4.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hayfork in California. Exact location of event, longitude -123.4104996 West, latitude 40.4394989 North, depth = 35.28 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/08/16 / 2016-08-28 21:20:52 / August 28, 2016 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72686711. Id of event: nc72686711. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.28 km (22 miles). The 4.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:20:52 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Redding (c. 89 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close 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 Shasta Lake, Redding, McKinleyville.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km WSW of Hayfork, California.
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