A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 21:55:02 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.9645 West, latitude 40.348166666667 North, depth = 1.36 km. Unique identifier: nc75096451. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75096451. The temblor was detected at 21:55:02 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.36 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 58 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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