A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Id of earthquake: nc73120975. Event ids that are associated: nc73120975. Exact location, longitude -124.3628311° West, latitude 40.4163322° North, depth = 27.15 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 11:32:47 / December 13, 2018 @ 11:32 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.15 km (17 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:32:47 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 12 km NNW of Petrolia, CA.
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