A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ferndale in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.780000686646 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:13:50 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 05:13:50 / December 6, 2024 @ 5:13 am. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5351638794 West, latitude 40.464668273926 North, depth = 17.780000686646 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1733462030, nc75097181. Unique identifier: nc75097181.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km WSW of Ferndale, CA.
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