A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Humboldt Hill in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.45 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.2184982° West, 40.6916656° North, depth 3.45 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72935821. Id of event: nc72935821. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 13:27:29 / December 6, 2017 @ 1:27 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:27:29 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSW of Humboldt Hill, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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