A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ferndale in California. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.43 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nc72732465. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72732465. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:23:53 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 26.43 km, -124.5094986° West, 40.4641685° North. Global time and date of event 03/12/16 / 2016-12-03 13:23:53 / December 3, 2016 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, 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.
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