A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ferndale in California. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72732090. Id of event: nc72732090. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.54 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, depth 26.54 km, -124.4648361° West, 40.6305008° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/16 / 2016-12-02 21:39:00 / December 2, 2016 @ 9:39 pm. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:39:00 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 18 km WNW of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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