A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Ferndale in California on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -124.9933319° West, 40.418335° North, depth 0.23 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.23 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/17 / 2017-03-23 20:37:59 / March 23, 2017 @ 8:37 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72779821. Unique identifier: nc72779821. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:37:59 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 64 km WSW of Ferndale, California.
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