A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 05:33:44 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75104371. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75104371. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.3100004196167 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.72499847412 West, latitude 40.217334747315 North, depth = 8.3100004196167 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 05:33:44 / December 17, 2024 @ 5:33 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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