A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Willow Creek in California. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.91 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -123.5053329° West, latitude 41.123333° North, depth = 37.91 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/15 / 2015-06-27 23:45:11 / June 27, 2015 @ 11:45 pm. Id of earthquake: nc72473221. Event ids that are associated: nc72473221. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:45:11 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Bayside, Arcata (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven 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. 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: 22 km NNE of Willow Creek, California.
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