A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ferndale in California. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:29:18 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc72554911. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72554911. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 05:29:18 / November 13, 2015 @ 5:29 am. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5283356 West, latitude 40.3146667 North, depth = 18.54 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.54 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 36 km SW of Ferndale, California.
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