A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75097691, ew1733495780. Id of event: nc75097691. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 14:36:13 / December 6, 2024 @ 2:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -124.91449737549° West, 40.340000152588° North, depth -0.059999998658895 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.059999998658895 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:36:13 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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