Minor earthquake, 3.24 mag was detected near Ferndale in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ferndale in CA. The temblor was reported at 16:41:29 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75082686. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75082686. Global time and date of event 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 16:41:29 / November 4, 2024 @ 4:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.140000343323 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, depth 15.140000343323 km, -124.78566741943° West, 40.500999450684° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, 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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 45 km W of Ferndale, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.24 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.78566741943° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.500999450684° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.140000343323 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km W of Ferndale, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-04 16:41:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-04 16:46:15	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	162	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	62	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	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	235	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75082686	Id of event.
Event Code	75082686	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75082686,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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