A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Willow Creek in CA on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -123.4974976° West, 40.8868332° North, depth 20.31 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:59:54 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.31 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 22:59:54 / January 1, 2019 @ 10:59 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73129211. Unique identifier: nc73129211.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna, Eureka, McKinleyville. Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ESE of Willow Creek, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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