Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag has occurred near Ferndale in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ferndale in CA on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 10:08:18 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 10:08:18 / December 14, 2024 @ 10:08 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.4800000190735 km (5 miles). Event id: nc75103061. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75103061. Exact location of event, longitude -124.91416931152 West, latitude 40.587501525879 North, depth = 7.4800000190735 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Bayside, Arcata. Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km WNW of Ferndale, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.91416931152° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.587501525879° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.4800000190735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55 km WNW of Ferndale, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-14 10:08:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-14 10:10:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	154	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5042	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	264	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75103061	Id of event.
Event Code	75103061	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75103061,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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