A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Id of earthquake: nc75096586. Event ids that are associated: nc75096586. Exact location, longitude -124.64616394043° West, latitude 40.257331848145° North, depth = 0.86000001430511 km. The temblor was detected at 22:48:39 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.86000001430511 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 22:48:39 / December 5, 2024 @ 10:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 32 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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