A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Hayfork in CA on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.37 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/03/19 / 2019-03-07 13:13:56 / March 7, 2019 @ 1:13 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:13:56 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc73149161. Event ids that are associated: nc73149161. Exact location of event, depth 32.37 km, -123.4798355° West, 40.3650017° North.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Eureka, Bayside. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 33 km SW of Hayfork, CA.
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