A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096581. Id of event: nc75096581. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.019999999552965 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:45:13 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.04066467285 West, latitude 40.367332458496 North, depth = -0.019999999552965 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 22:45:13 / December 5, 2024 @ 10:45 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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