A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75131717. Unique identifier: nc75131717. The temblor was reported at 14:24:27 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/25 / 2025-02-11 14:24:27 / February 11, 2025 @ 2:24 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.1999998092651 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -124.96450042725° West, 40.401165008545° North, depth 4.1999998092651 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 58 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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