A light earthquake with magnitude 4.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Petrolia in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:04:45 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:04 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.46 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.756 West, latitude 40.339666666667 North, depth = 12.46 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:04:45 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75001648. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75001648, us7000nw9c.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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