A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Rio Dell in California. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72734735. Id of event: nc72734735. The temblor was picked up at 10:08:26 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 18:08:26 / December 8, 2016 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.73 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -124.3281631° West, latitude 40.2833328° North, depth = 21.73 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km SW of Rio Dell, California.
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