A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ferndale in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.2156677 West, latitude 40.5106659 North, depth = 19.49 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 14:39:33 / October 17, 2018 @ 2:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.49 km (12 miles). Id of earthquake: nc73098276. Event ids that are associated: nc73098276. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:39:33 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).
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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 8 km SSE of Ferndale, CA.
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