A minor earthquake magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was reported at 07:01:50 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 07:01:50 / December 6, 2024 @ 7:01 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75097271. Unique identifier: nc75097271. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.71983337402 West, latitude 40.328834533691 North, depth = 0.10999999940395 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.10999999940395 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-five, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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