A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location, longitude -124.8955001831° West, latitude 40.319499969482° North, depth = 7.5799999237061 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.5799999237061 km (5 miles). The 3.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:33 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 19:39:33 / December 27, 2024 @ 7:39 pm. Event id: nc75108656. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75108656, ew1735328380.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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