A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Unique identifier: nc73137301. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73137301. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 12:48:45 / January 28, 2019 @ 12:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -124.7949982° West, 40.3894997° North, depth 18.98 km. The temblor was reported at 04:48:45 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.98 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 44 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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