A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 09:48:02 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.85000038147 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75103051. Unique identifier: nc75103051. Exact location of event, longitude -124.6558303833 West, latitude 40.27216720581 North, depth = 15.85000038147 km. Global time and date of event 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 09:48:02 / December 14, 2024 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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