A light earthquake with magnitude 4.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Rio Dell in California. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:15 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -124.3743362 West, latitude 40.2825012 North, depth = 21.43 km. Id of earthquake: nc72733405. Event ids that are associated: nc72733405, at00ohq67e, us10007f12. Global time and date of event 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 18:33:15 / December 5, 2016 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Rio Dell in California (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.43 km (13 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 33 km SW of Rio Dell, California.
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