A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 00:00:15 / January 18, 2025 @ 12:00 am. The temblor was picked up at 00:00:15 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75118801. Event ids that are associated: nc75118801. Exact location of event, longitude -124.44999694824 West, latitude 40.239665985107 North, depth = 18.709999084473 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.709999084473 km (12 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km WSW of Petrolia, CA.
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