A minor earthquake magnitude 3.77 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.6599998474121 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: nc75096691. Event ids that are associated: nc75096691. The 3.77-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:17:43 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 23:17:43 / December 5, 2024 @ 11:17 pm. Exact location, longitude -124.32683563232° West, latitude 40.440166473389° North, depth = 4.6599998474121 km.
The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (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 fourty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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