A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 243 km W of Petrolia, CA (151 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.75 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc73122020. Unique identifier: nc73122020. The temblor was detected at 19:10:35 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 03:10:35 / December 16, 2018 @ 3:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -127.1473333 West, latitude 40.4853333 North, depth = 14.75 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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