A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ferndale in California on Saturday. Event id: us2000jcfa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jcfa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -124.803° West, latitude 40.2408° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 16:00:16 / February 2, 2019 @ 4:00 pm. The temblor was reported at 08:00:16 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna. Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 59 km SW of Ferndale, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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