A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Ferndale in California. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5034 West, latitude 40.2971 North, depth = 9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1733609070. Id of event: ew1733609070. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 22:04:31 / December 7, 2024 @ 10:04 pm. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:04:31 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).
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 McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 37 km SSW of Ferndale, California.
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