A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75098086. Event ids that are associated: nc75098086. The temblor was detected at 22:08:03 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 22:08:03 / December 6, 2024 @ 10:08 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.8099999427795 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.49566650391 West, latitude 40.300498962402 North, depth = 7.8099999427795 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 18 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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