A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Global time and date of event 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 17:13:01 / August 30, 2024 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.860000610352 km (11 miles). Exact location, longitude -124.78050231934° West, latitude 40.473499298096° North, depth = 17.860000610352 km. Id of earthquake: nc75055336. Event ids that are associated: nc75055336. The temblor was picked up at 17:13:01 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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