A light earthquake magnitude 4.45 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 0.15 km, -125.0736694° West, 40.3801651° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73055086. Id of event: nc73055086. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.15 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 05:06:04 / July 25, 2018 @ 5:06 am. The 4.45-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:06:04 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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