A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was picked up at 16:23:14 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.070000000298023 km (-0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -124.95417022705 West, latitude 40.372001647949 North, depth = -0.070000000298023 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 16:23:14 / December 8, 2024 @ 4:23 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ew1733675000, nc75099566, us7000nx2q. Unique identifier: nc75099566. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 57 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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