A light earthquake with magnitude 4.26 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Laytonville in CA on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.13 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:57:18 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -123.6693344° West, 39.6003342° North, depth 6.13 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 04:57:18 / December 14, 2017 @ 4:57 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72939656, at00p0xprg. Unique identifier: nc72939656. A tsunami warning has been issued near Laytonville in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Ukiah (c. 16 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ukiah, Fort Bragg.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km WSW of Laytonville, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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