A light earthquake with magnitude 4.88 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ferndale in California on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.3 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 16:33:03 / December 8, 2016 @ 4:33 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: nc72734670. Event ids that are associated: nc72734670. The temblor was reported at 08:33:03 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -124.9726639° West, latitude 40.2989998° North, depth = 5.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km WSW of Ferndale, California.
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