A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75103431. Id of event: nc75103431. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:36:43 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.65633392334 West, latitude 40.286834716797 North, depth = 0.60000002384186 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.60000002384186 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 10:36:43 / December 15, 2024 @ 10:36 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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