A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location, longitude -124.50250244141° West, latitude 40.292835235596° North, depth = 20.010000228882 km. Event id: nc75119661. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75119661. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.010000228882 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 12:36:54 / January 19, 2025 @ 12:36 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:36:54 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 19 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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