A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ferndale in California. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.5476667 West, latitude 40.3615 North, depth = 26.77 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.77 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 00:41:26 / January 19, 2017 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:41:26 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72753885. Unique identifier: nc72753885.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 33 km SW of Ferndale, California.
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