A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.4099998474121 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 00:13:15 / December 6, 2024 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:13:15 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -124.7576675415° West, latitude 40.230167388916° North, depth = 9.4099998474121 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75096791. Unique identifier: nc75096791.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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