A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 113 km W of Petrolia, CA (70 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:38:46 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.8699998855591 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 08:38:46 / December 6, 2024 @ 8:38 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75097396. Id of event: nc75097396. Exact location of event, longitude -125.62166595459 West, latitude 40.314498901367 North, depth = 4.8699998855591 km.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 113 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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