A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Unique identifier: nc75118071. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75118071. Exact location of event, longitude -124.93900299072 West, latitude 40.340999603271 North, depth = 0.62999999523163 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:57:43 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.62999999523163 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 15:57:43 / January 16, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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