A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.840000152588 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: nc75096406. Event ids that are associated: nc75096406, ew1733434320. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:31:51 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -124.61083221435° West, 40.310832977295° North, depth 20.840000152588 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 21:31:51 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:31 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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