A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Humboldt Hill in CA on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.87 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 02:06:54 / October 15, 2018 @ 2:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.3348312 West, latitude 40.7183342 North, depth = 8.87 km. The temblor was detected at 18:06:54 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc73097411. Event ids that are associated: nc73097411.
The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km W of Humboldt Hill, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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