A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -124.6206665° West, 40.2903328° North, depth 18.06 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73163280. Id of event: nc73163280. Global time and date of event 09/04/19 / 2019-04-09 23:00:57 / April 9, 2019 @ 11:00 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.06 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:00:57 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayside, Eureka, Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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