A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73139371. Id of event: nc73139371. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.71 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.466835° West, 40.3138351° North, depth 7.71 km. The temblor was detected at 16:05:06 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 00:05:06 / February 4, 2019 @ 12:05 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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 (26 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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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