A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Scotia in California. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 18:44:29 / December 5, 2024 @ 6:44 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1733424270. Id of event: ew1733424270. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:44:29 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.2249° West, 40.3562° North, depth 9 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Bragg, McKinleyville, Arcata. Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop).
There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km SW of Scotia, California.
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