A light earthquake magnitude 4.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096071, ew1733427410. Id of event: nc75096071. The 4.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:36:38 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:36:38 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:36 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.2300000190735 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 4.2300000190735 km, -124.94850158691° West, 40.381000518799° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 57 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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