A minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ferndale in California. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 09:00:45 / March 14, 2016 @ 9:00 am. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5605011 West, latitude 40.4633331 North, depth = 28.59 km. Id of earthquake: nc72606405. Event ids that are associated: nc72606405. The temblor was picked up at 02:00:45 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.59 km (18 miles).
Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km WSW of Ferndale, California.
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