A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.4 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.0751648 West, latitude 40.3460007 North, depth = 4.4 km. Global time and date of event 25/01/18 / 2018-01-25 17:24:48 / January 25, 2018 @ 5:24 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: nc72958431. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72958431. The temblor was reported at 09:24:48 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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