A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Miranda in California on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1734397700. Id of event: ew1734397700. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -123.744° West, latitude 40.2806° North, depth = 9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 01:08:17 / December 17, 2024 @ 1:08 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:08:17 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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