A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 107 km W of Petrolia, CA (66 miles). Unique identifier: nc73096031. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73096031. Exact location, longitude -125.539° West, latitude 40.4363333° North, depth = 23.98 km. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:39:26 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/10/18 / 2018-10-11 00:39:26 / October 11, 2018 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.98 km (15 miles).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 107 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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