A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.10000038147 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -124.52366638184 West, latitude 40.292835235596 North, depth = 20.10000038147 km. Unique identifier: nc75109526. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75109526. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:09:20 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 02:09:20 / December 30, 2024 @ 2:09 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (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 two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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