A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75096176. Event ids that are associated: nc75096176. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.8600001335144 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:09:35 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.8600001335144 km, -124.90466308594° West, 40.239166259766° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:09:35 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:09 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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