A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 12:03:47 / December 6, 2024 @ 12:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.640000343323 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: nc75097566. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75097566. Exact location of event, longitude -124.88600158691 West, latitude 40.358165740967 North, depth = 10.640000343323 km. The temblor was detected at 12:03:47 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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