A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -124.43116760254° West, 40.240833282471° North, depth 17.889999389648 km. Global time and date of event 13/02/25 / 2025-02-13 19:40:04 / February 13, 2025 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:40:04 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75132927. Id of event: nc75132927. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.889999389648 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 16 km WSW of Petrolia, CA.
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