A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.4900000095367 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -124.97533416748° West, 40.35916519165° North, depth 1.4900000095367 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 21:08:34 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:08 pm. Id of earthquake: nc75096341. Event ids that are associated: nc75096341, ew1733432930. The temblor was reported at 21:08:34 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel anything?
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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply