A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 174 km W of Crescent City, California (108 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.92 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007f7c. Id of event: us10007f7c. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:07:29 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -126.2509 West, latitude 41.4425 North, depth = 10.92 km. Global time and date of event 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 17:07:29 / December 6, 2016 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 174 km W of Crescent City, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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