A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -125.04816436768° West, 40.370666503906° North, depth 17.170000076294 km. Unique identifier: nc75096931. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75096931. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 01:44:32 / December 6, 2024 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.170000076294 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:44:32 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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