A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.0099999997764826 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:46:51 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.97666931152 West, latitude 40.376667022705 North, depth = -0.0099999997764826 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75096106. Unique identifier: nc75096106. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:46:51 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:46 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 59 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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