A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Ferndale in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/20 / 2020-03-09 11:04:44 / March 9, 2020 @ 11:04 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.11 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nc73351895. Event ids that are associated: nc73351895. Exact location of event, longitude -125.1158371 West, latitude 40.5800018 North, depth = 2.11 km. The temblor was reported at 03:04:44 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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