A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Covelo in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 18:00:17 / December 9, 2024 @ 6:00 pm. Id of earthquake: nc75100201. Event ids that are associated: nc75100201. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.13449859619 West, latitude 39.698333740234 North, depth = 4.7199997901917 km. The temblor was detected at 18:00:17 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.7199997901917 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Bragg, Ukiah. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Ukiah (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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