A light earthquake magnitude 4.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.8800001144409 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: nc75077981. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75077981, ew1729750700. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 06:18:15 / October 24, 2024 @ 6:18 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.8800001144409 km, -124.29433441162° West, 40.285999298096° North. The 4.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:18:15 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 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), 37 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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