A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.10999999940395 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:53:55 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:53:55 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75096391. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75096391. Exact location of event, longitude -125.05966949463 West, latitude 40.324333190918 North, depth = 0.10999999940395 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 66 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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