A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. Id of earthquake: nc75127361. Event ids that are associated: nc75127361. The temblor was picked up at 05:47:14 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.959999084473 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -124.45233154297 West, latitude 40.261165618896 North, depth = 18.959999084473 km. Global time and date of event 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 05:47:14 / February 3, 2025 @ 5:47 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km WSW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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