A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Rio Dell in California on Monday. The temblor was reported at 01:10:59 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.31 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72906461. Unique identifier: nc72906461. Global time and date of event 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 09:10:59 / October 9, 2017 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -124.3375015° West, latitude 40.3358345° North, depth = 17.31 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SW of Rio Dell, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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