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Minor earthquake, 3.33 mag was detected near Ferndale in CA


Earthquake location 40.481334686279S, -124.624168396WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ferndale in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:02:46 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.27000001072884 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75095901. Id of event: nc75095901. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.624168396 West, latitude 40.481334686279 North, depth = -0.27000001072884 km. The 3.33-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:02:46 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 32 km W of Ferndale, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.33 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.624168396° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.481334686279° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.27000001072884 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 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 2024-12-05 19:02:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 19:04:49 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 171 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3045 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259 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 nc75095901 Id of event.
Event Code 75095901 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75095901, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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