A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Unique identifier: nc75107241. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75107241, ew1735013090. The 3.51-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:04:40 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -124.93250274658° West, latitude 40.355335235596° North, depth = 17.069999694824 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 04:04:40 / December 24, 2024 @ 4:04 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.069999694824 km (11 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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