A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75103856. Unique identifier: nc75103856. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:45:36 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 07:45:36 / December 16, 2024 @ 7:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.8700000047684 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -124.97133636475° West, latitude 40.378833770752° North, depth = 1.8700000047684 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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