A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 22:27:11 / December 5, 2024 @ 10:27 pm. Exact location of event, depth 13.119999885559 km, -124.43383026123° West, 40.240165710449° North. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:27:11 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75096541. Event ids that are associated: nc75096541. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.119999885559 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km WSW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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