A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ferndale in California. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72753880. Unique identifier: nc72753880. Global time and date of event 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 00:41:27 / January 19, 2017 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:41:27 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.45 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -124.44133° West, 40.3603325° North, depth 21.45 km.
Nearby 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). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km SSW of Ferndale, California.
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