A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.229999542236 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nc75097521. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75097521. The temblor was reported at 11:05:14 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 11:05:14 / December 6, 2024 @ 11:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.00250244141 West, latitude 40.366664886475 North, depth = 14.229999542236 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 61 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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