A light earthquake with magnitude 4.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.5 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:03:01 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 14:03:01 / January 26, 2025 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -124.88966369629° West, latitude 40.339168548584° North, depth = 7.5 km. Unique identifier: nc75123321. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75123321, us6000pmfp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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