A light earthquake with magnitude 4.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Global time and date of event 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 20:20:20 / January 15, 2019 @ 8:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.54 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:20:20 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -124.4410019° West, 40.3266678° North, depth 7.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: nc73133256. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73133256, us2000j47p.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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