A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75108841. Id of event: nc75108841. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.44999998807907 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.0308303833 West, latitude 40.376499176025 North, depth = 0.44999998807907 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 10:31:20 / December 28, 2024 @ 10:31 am. The temblor was detected at 10:31:20 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 63 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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