A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 03:14:34 / December 6, 2024 @ 3:14 am. Exact location of event, longitude -125.07066345215 West, latitude 40.373500823975 North, depth = 0.46999999880791 km. Event id: nc75097046. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75097046, ew1733454880, us7000nwfa. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.46999999880791 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:14:34 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 67 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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