A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was picked up at 04:20:58 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.12166595459 West, latitude 40.464832305908 North, depth = 0.11999999731779 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 04:20:58 / December 11, 2024 @ 4:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.11999999731779 km (0 miles). Event id: nc75101516. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75101516.
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 73 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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