5.8 magnitude earthquake 89 km from Ferndale, California, United States
Source: USGS
5.8 magnitude earthquake 89 km from Ferndale, California, United States
about an hour ago
UTC time: Monday, March 09, 2020 02:59 AM
Your time: 2020-03-09T02:59:06Z
Magnitude Type: mw
USGS page: M 5.8 - 86km W of Petrolia, CA
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 2305 people
Read more: https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2020-03-09-02-59-06-utc-5-8-2
Have yet to feel the aftershocks but it was quite the jolt!
Just what we don't need right now!
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Ferndale is about 275 miles north of San Francisco.
A triple fault line runs through it and it all eventually connects to the San Andreas fault.
It is rather common in this part of Calif. but you rarely hear about it being it is in an area with a low population density.
There were two earthquakes back to back in the early 1990s. Both were over a 7.0 magnitude.
It is a hotbed for earthquakes.
I ran into a woman from New York that was about to put a down payment on a house there. I advised her to look elsewhere because of all of the earthquakes in that region.
The real estate person did not mention this to her.
She decided right then and there to forget that idea.
It may be nice but my god!
by Julia Avery
Monday, March 9th 2020
Link (Redding TV): https://krcrtv.com/news/local/earthquake-off-the-coast-of-california-felt-in-the-northstate
Full article:
It occurred about 70 miles southwest of Eureka at 7:59 pm Sunday, March 8. There are no reports of injuries or damage at this time. And no tsunami threat.
"According to our dispatch center there are no reports of damage or incidents relating to the quake," Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said.
Nearest town I'm seeing is Eureka, CA on the coast.
KY............
Reported on that same Redding TV station today......
The largest was a 5.8 magnitude, 65 miles off the coast of Eureka around 8 p.m. Sunday.
A second quake hit around 11:30 p.m. Sunday in the same area, measuring 4.9 magnitude.
A third earthquake struck around 4 a.m. Monday off the coast of Ferndale, measuring 3.7 magnitude.
Seven other smaller quakes were felt in the same region between Sunday night and Monday morning measuring between 2.5 and 3.5 magnitude.
So far, no damage has been reported.
What is the hooked branch that turns northward along most of the Mexico coast?
KY.........
Do you happen to have a link to a site showing a map with fault and plate names that I can bookmark for reference?
TIA, KY............
Hope you can make sense of this:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-showing-Mendocino-Triple-Junction-MTJ-region-principal-faults-and-locations-of_fig1_251436792
Some of the archaeological findings in this area are quite shocking.
I studied it in grad school and 
This whole area has a rather frightening history!
The last time it hit big was in the 1950s.
My father told me about it.
It was so strong that the entire front yard and street looked like waves in the ocean.
He said it made him feel sea sick and he almost vomited from the motion!!
I'll never forget that story! *eek*
There were TWO earthquakes over 7.0 in one night in the early 1990s and there was NO tsumani thank god!
Same triple fault location.
Noted no big aftershocks during the night.
I went to bed rather early last night as I was not feeling at all well (not unusual for me).
I didn't feel the aftershocks during the night.
Glad I didn't!!
I've lived through so many earthquakes, including the Big One that hit San Francisco in 1989. The Loma Prieta was larger that the history books say. I kept the next day's front page of the Chronicle in fact. It was a 7.3 magnitude.
I've lived on these faults my entire life. The one last night was a strong lateral shake but nothing like the Loma Prieta was!
I hope there won't be any more any time real soon!