A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Redway in CA on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 08:14:12 / December 23, 2017 @ 8:14 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72943546. Unique identifier: nc72943546. The temblor was detected at 00:14:12 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.47 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, depth 30.47 km, -123.8338318° West, 40.2898331° North.
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). 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).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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