A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:30:37 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -124.4988327 West, latitude 40.3043327 North, depth = 7.3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 00:30:37 / February 2, 2019 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc73139041. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73139041. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.3 km (5 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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