A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -124.1218338° West, latitude 40.3511658° North, depth = 28.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.51 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 20:31:26 / January 26, 2019 @ 8:31 pm. The temblor was reported at 12:31:26 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc73136841. Event ids that are associated: nc73136841.
The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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