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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Humboldt Hill in CA


Earthquake location 40.7421684S, -124.4804993WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Humboldt Hill in CA on Wednesday. Event id: nc73414936. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73414936. Exact location of event, depth 14.48 km, -124.4804993° West, 40.7421684° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/20 / 2020-06-24 06:13:44 / June 24, 2020 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.48 km (9 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:13:44 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Bayside, Arcata (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km W of Humboldt Hill, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.4804993° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7421684° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km W of Humboldt Hill, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-24 06:13:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-24 06:18:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73414936 Id of event.
Event Code 73414936 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73414936, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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