A light earthquake magnitude 4.33 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -124.30083465576° West, 40.28783416748° North, depth 10.279999732971 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petrolia in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 06:58:47 / October 24, 2024 @ 6:58 am. The 4.33-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:58:47 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75077996. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1729753130, nc75077996, at00slum1y. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.279999732971 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SSW of Petrolia, CA.
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