A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 02:39:54 / December 6, 2024 @ 2:39 am UTC/GMT. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:39:54 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096996. Id of event: nc75096996. Exact location of earthquake, -124.61183166504° West, 40.265998840332° North, depth 4.3899998664856 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.3899998664856 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 28 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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