A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.73 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.4383316° West, 40.3149986° North, depth 6.73 km. Unique identifier: nc73139116. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73139116. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 11:18:26 / February 2, 2019 @ 11:18 am. The temblor was detected at 03:18:26 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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