A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75096481. Event ids that are associated: nc75096481. The temblor was picked up at 22:04:24 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 22:04:24 / December 5, 2024 @ 10:04 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.300000190735 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.51100158691° West, 40.307998657227° North, depth 10.300000190735 km.
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 19 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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