A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Id of earthquake: nc72946531. Event ids that are associated: nc72946531. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:28:22 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 20.08 km, -124.4196701° West, 40.2818336° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.08 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 05:28:22 / December 31, 2017 @ 5:28 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 12 km WSW of Petrolia, CA.
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