A minor earthquake magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location, longitude -124.4599991° West, latitude 40.3465004° North, depth = 29.35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.35 km (18 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc73239366. Unique identifier: nc73239366. The temblor was detected at 04:26:15 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 12:26:15 / July 31, 2019 @ 12:26 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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