A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. Id of earthquake: nc75097571. Event ids that are associated: nc75097571. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.11999999731779 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:05:12 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -124.7851638794° West, 40.351001739502° North, depth 0.11999999731779 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 12:05:12 / December 6, 2024 @ 12:05 pm.
Close 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), 60 km (37 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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