A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.77 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nc73139351. Event ids that are associated: nc73139351. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 23:13:22 / February 3, 2019 @ 11:13 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7.77 km, -124.4686661° West, 40.3161659° North. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:13:22 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 16 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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