A light earthquake with magnitude 4.21 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -124.2636642456° West, latitude 40.280166625977° North, depth = 9.1899995803833 km. The 4.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:59:50 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 06:59:50 / October 24, 2024 @ 6:59 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc75077991. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75077991, ew1729753190. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.1899995803833 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km S of Petrolia, CA.
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