A light earthquake magnitude 4.24 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:10:07 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 0.10000000149012 km, -124.89099884033° West, 40.388168334961° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.10000000149012 km (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:10:07 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75095961. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75095961.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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