A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ferndale in California on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:23 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.62 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 06:37:23 / October 27, 2016 @ 6:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.5159988 West, latitude 40.3704987 North, depth = 23.62 km. Event id: nc72716540. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72716540.
Nearby 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 McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km SW of Ferndale, California.
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