A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.28000000119209 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75096786. Id of event: nc75096786. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:10:23 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 00:10:23 / December 6, 2024 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -124.77899932861° West, 40.282665252685° North, depth -0.28000000119209 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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