A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. The 3.65-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:58:03 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.090000152588 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nc75096146. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75096146. Exact location of event, longitude -124.47383117676 West, latitude 40.314998626709 North, depth = 10.090000152588 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 19:58:03 / December 5, 2024 @ 7:58 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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