A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Shelter Cove in CA on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 03:34:19 / November 6, 2024 @ 3:34 am. Unique identifier: nc75083086. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75083086. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.369999885559 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 12.369999885559 km, -124.1129989624° West, 40.201667785645° North. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:34:19 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 19 km N of Shelter Cove, CA.
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