A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Global time and date of event 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 07:37:41 / February 3, 2019 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:37:41 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.79 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: nc73139226. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73139226. Exact location of earthquake, -124.3533325° West, 40.3240013° North, depth 4.79 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (34 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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