A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ferndale in California. Event id: nc72712921. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72712921. Exact location of earthquake, -124.268837° West, 40.5046654° North, depth 21.47 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.47 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/16 / 2016-10-15 19:40:39 / October 15, 2016 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:40:39 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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