A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 22:51:59 / December 22, 2024 @ 10:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.6558303833 West, latitude 40.257167816162 North, depth = 16.139999389648 km. Event id: nc75106806. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75106806. The temblor was picked up at 22:51:59 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.139999389648 km (10 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna. Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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