A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.85 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: nc73050776. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73050776. Exact location of event, longitude -125.0053329 West, latitude 40.4109993 North, depth = 0.85 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:29:22 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 12:29:22 / July 20, 2018 @ 12:29 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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