A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Ferndale in California on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72756555. Unique identifier: nc72756555. The temblor was detected at 21:36:30 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/17 / 2017-01-27 05:36:30 / January 27, 2017 @ 5:36 am. Exact location of event, depth 18.26 km, -124.5223312° West, 40.2853317° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.26 km (11 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SW of Ferndale, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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