A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ferndale in CA on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72977056. Unique identifier: nc72977056. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:31:33 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 20:31:33 / February 27, 2018 @ 8:31 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -124.4801636° West, 40.564167° North, depth 23.45 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.45 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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