A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Ferndale in California. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwbj. Unique identifier: us7000nwbj. 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 18:46:27 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:46:27 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.0287 West, latitude 40.4422 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Bayside, Arcata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km WSW of Ferndale, California.
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