A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.14000000059605 km (-0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 12:12:40 / January 11, 2025 @ 12:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.85983276367 West, latitude 40.355499267578 North, depth = -0.14000000059605 km. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:12:40 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc75115866. Unique identifier: nc75115866.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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