A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The 3.36-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:20:58 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -125.01816558838° West, 40.299835205078° North, depth 2.9000000953674 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.9000000953674 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: nc75107171. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75107171. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 00:20:58 / December 24, 2024 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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