A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.5273361206 West, latitude 40.306499481201 North, depth = 10.800000190735 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.800000190735 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75129822. Id of event: nc75129822. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:23:37 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 09:23:37 / February 8, 2025 @ 9:23 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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