A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Klamath in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.9550018 West, latitude 41.4086685 North, depth = 28.19 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.19 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/20 / 2020-10-06 05:24:14 / October 6, 2020 @ 5:24 am. Event id: nc73467176. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73467176. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:24:14 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Crescent City (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brookings, Eureka, Bayside (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 SSE of Klamath, CA.
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