A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 177 km W of Ferndale, California (110 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -126.3378 West, latitude 40.3918 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000ar5n. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72907956, us1000ar5n. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 15:17:09 / October 12, 2017 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:17:09 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 177 km W of Ferndale, California.
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