A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 12:42:33 / December 14, 2024 @ 12:42 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.029999999329448 km (-0 miles). Unique identifier: nc75103096. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75103096, ew1734180170. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:42:33 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -125.00866699219 West, latitude 40.323833465576 North, depth = -0.029999999329448 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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