A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.7600002288818 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 13:01:52 / December 6, 2024 @ 1:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:01:52 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75097606. Event ids that are associated: nc75097606. Exact location of event, depth 8.7600002288818 km, -124.81833648682° West, 40.32833480835° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 45 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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