A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.6199998855591 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75112451. Unique identifier: nc75112451. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:03:27 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -125.12999725342° West, 40.410331726074° North, depth 3.6199998855591 km. Global time and date of event 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 14:03:27 / January 3, 2025 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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