A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:57:32 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 16:57:32 / January 15, 2019 @ 4:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.3773346 West, latitude 40.3178329 North, depth = 15.18 km. Id of earthquake: nc73133211. Event ids that are associated: nc73133211. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.18 km (9 miles).
Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 W of Petrolia, CA.
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