A minor earthquake magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:12:09 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 0.91000002622604 km, -124.89282989502° West, 40.372165679932° North. The temblor was detected at 20:12:09 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096186, ew1733429540. Id of event: nc75096186. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.91000002622604 km (1 miles).
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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