A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -124.97299957275° West, 40.385665893555° North, depth 0.46999999880791 km. The temblor was reported at 11:56:08 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 11:56:08 / December 6, 2024 @ 11:56 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.46999999880791 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc75097556. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75097556.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 59 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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