A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. Unique identifier: nc75100246. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75100246. Exact location of event, depth 2.3900001049042 km, -124.60883331299° West, 40.277500152588° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 20:25:30 / December 9, 2024 @ 8:25 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:25:30 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.3900001049042 km (1 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayside, Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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