A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.530000686646 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75118826. Unique identifier: nc75118826. Exact location of event, longitude -124.85182952881 West, latitude 40.38399887085 North, depth = 18.530000686646 km. The temblor was detected at 00:38:51 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 00:38:51 / January 18, 2025 @ 12:38 am.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 48 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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